{"product_id":"2026200016630-secondhand-the-law-and-the-profits","title":"The Law And The Profits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the brilliantly satirical mind that gave the world Parkinson's Law comes a razor-sharp dissection of taxation, bureaucracy, and the relentless appetite of governments for public money. In The Law and the Profits, C. Northcote Parkinson argues with devastating wit that expenditure in any institution — whether a government ministry or a private enterprise — will always rise to meet, and then exceed, income, no matter how great that income becomes. With illustrations by Osbert Lancaster adding a delightful visual sharpness to the prose, Parkinson chronicles the absurdities of fiscal policy and public spending through a series of incisive, elegantly crafted essays that are as entertaining as they are damning.\n\nParkinson's genius lies in his ability to present serious economic and political critique through the lens of biting comedy, a tradition that places him squarely alongside Swift and Galbraith as a master of socially conscious satire. His prose is precise, his arguments ironclad, and his targets — bloated bureaucracies and the insatiable tax machine — remain as relevant today as when he first trained his sights upon them. For anyone who has ever wondered why governments always seem to spend more than they earn, Parkinson's answer is at once hilarious, deeply unsettling, and utterly convincing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49309683843291,"sku":"2026200016630-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/59155efa-fd2b-49e7-9068-345c6d5b75ae.png?v=1789455376","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016630-secondhand-the-law-and-the-profits","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}