{"product_id":"against-the-profit-motive-9780300194753","title":"Against the Profit Motive","description":"\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas R. Parrillo\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of law at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844265120018,"sku":"9780300194753","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06cfe19a-d34c-4e0b-b9fa-4f45afabae56.jpg?v=1737315248","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/against-the-profit-motive-9780300194753","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}