From Push to Pull Economics

We need to stop pushing resources into wasteful public services - people can manage them better.

The reason that systems like individual budgets can be efficient and effective is not because of market economics - rather it is because money is no longer being spent by the wrong people on the wrong things. Instead of pushing resources into services it is better to let people pull the resources (including money) together to create more value.

The publisher is The Centre for Welfare Reform.

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