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Against the Profit Motive
Nicholas R. Parrillo
其他書名
The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780-1940
出版Yale University Press, 2013-10-22
主題Political Science / Public Affairs & AdministrationHistory / United States / GeneralPolitical Science / History & Theory
ISBN03001765899780300176582
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-cs_AQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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In America today, a public official's lawful income consists of a salary. But until a century ago, the law frequently provided for officials to make money on a profit-seeking basis. Prosecutors won a fee for each defendant convicted. Tax collectors received a percentage of each evasion uncovered. Naval officers took a reward for each ship sunk. Numerous other officers were likewise paid for "performance." This book is the first to document the American government's for-profit past, to discover how profit-seeking defined officialdom's relationship to the citizenry, and to explain how lawmakers--by ultimately banishing the profit motive in favor of the salary--transformed that relationship forever.