03271nam a22004214a 4500001001000000003000700010005001700017006001900034007001500053008004100068020003600109020002700145035002200172035002300194035002500217035002300242035002100265040004100286043001200327050002400339082001600363100002900379245015400408260011700562300001500679504006400694505158500758590014702343650004502490650003902535651005502574655002902629710002802658710002802686797002002714856009602734999001902830EBC336359MiAaPQ20250821103023.0m     o  d |      cr cnu||||||||070712s2007    dcu     ob    001 0 eng    a9781933995274q(electronic bk.)  z9781933995076q(print)  a(MiAaPQ)EBC336359  a(Au-PeEL)EBL336359  a(CaPaEBR)ebr10379648  a(CaONFJC)MIL190512  a(OCoLC)437204824  aMiAaPQbengerdaepncMiAaPQdMiAaPQ  an-us--- 4aHC106.83b.O86 20070 a338.9732221 aO'Toole, Randal.915834214aThe best-laid plansh[electronic resource] :bhow government planning harms your quality of life, your pocketbook, and your future /cRandal O'Toole.  aWashington, D.C. :bCato Institute ;a[Lanham, MD] :bDistributed to the trade by National Book Network,cc2007.  aix, 416 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 357-392) and index.0 aIntroduction -- 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.  aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 0aCentral planningzUnited States.9158343 0aCapitalismzUnited States.9158344 0aUnited StatesxEconomic policyy2001-2009.9158345 4aElectronic books.9351422 aCato Institute.91583462 aProQuest (Firm)91583472 aProQuest (Firm)40uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=336359zClick to View  c241833d241833