{"product_id":"against-the-profit-motive","title":"Against the Profit Motive","description":" \u003cbr\u003e\tIn 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.","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54220184289624,"sku":"9780300194753","price":58.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/against-the-profit-motive","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}