Stephen Goldsmith is a professor of government at the Harvard Kennedy School. He was formerly the two-term mayor of Indianapolis and deputy mayor for operations for New York City.
E-mail: stephen_goldsmith@harvard.eduTwitter: @governing
How Paying a Price Can Cut Your Costs
In a market economy, prices communicate information, helping to shift resources to more efficient uses. Government can take advantage of this through a shared services approach, in which support functions charge agencies for their services.
In their column, Jonathan D. Breul and John Kamensky show how paying a fee for shared services can actually reduce overall costs for government.
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