The best-laid plans how government planning harms your quality of life, your pocketbook, and your future O'Toole, Randal. creator Cato Institute ProQuest (Firm) text bibliography Electronic books. dcu Washington, D.C Lanham, MD] Cato Institute Distributed to the trade by National Book Network c2007 2007 monographic eng
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ix, 416 p. Introduction -- Forest planning -- The case of the fake forests -- Garbage in, gospel out -- A process of natural selection -- Analysis paralysis -- The return of fire dominance -- Why planning fails -- Radical doctrine or rational decisionmaking? -- Human barriers -- Planning is not necessary -- Land-use planning -- Urban renewal -- Turning Portland into L.A. -- How smart is "smart growth"? -- Smart growth as oppression -- Homeownership -- Housing affordability -- Housing bubbles -- It's supply, not demand -- Portland housing -- Smart growth and crime -- Portland planning implodes -- Why planners fail -- The planning profession -- The history of planning -- The ideal communist city -- Urban renewal in the United States -- From radiant city to smart growth -- Typical planning methods -- Transportation planning -- Planning vs. chaos -- The benefits of the automobile -- Costs exaggerated -- The panic over peak oil -- Planning for congestion -- Building auto-hostile streets -- The rail transit hoax -- Transportation myths -- Why government fails -- Power and rationality -- Legislators: seeking reelection -- Special interests: looking for handouts -- Bureaucrats: maximizing budgets -- The executive: distracted by detail -- Courts and voters: the last lines of defense -- Instead of planning -- 246 varieties of cheese -- Make the market work -- Turn open-access resources into property -- Protect public goods with trusts -- Understand government's limits -- Reforming public land management -- Reforming transportation -- Reforming land use -- The American dream. Randal O'Toole. Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-392) and index. n-us--- Central planning United States Capitalism United States United States Economic policy 2001-2009 HC106.83 .O86 2007 338.973 9781933995274 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=336359 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=336359 MiAaPQ 070712 20250821103023.0 EBC336359 eng