Against the Profit Motive : The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780-1940 Paperback / softback
by Nicholas R. Parrillo
Part of the Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference series
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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.
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- Pages:584 pages, 3 b-w illus.
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:22/10/2013
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- ISBN:9780300194753
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:584 pages, 3 b-w illus.
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:22/10/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780300194753