America's free market myths : debunking market fundamentalism /: debunking market fundamentalism. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joseph Shaanan.
• Authors: Shaanan, Joseph
• Contents: America's Free Market Myths; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; 1 Myths; 2 Reality; 3 Terminology; 4 13 Myths; PART I Economics; Myth 1: America Has Free Markets; 1 Myth; 2 Free Markets; 3 Markets; 4 Market Failures; 5 Corporate Organization; 6 Consumer Choice; 7 Conclusion; Myth 2: A Great Wall Separates Politics and the Economy; 1 Myth; 2 Politics and Markets; 3 Government Help to Corporations; 4 Corporate Welfare; 5 Conclusion; Myth 3: The Less Government, the Better; 1 Myth; 2 Attacks on Government; 3 The Myth's Purpose; 4 On Behalf of Government Intervention. 5 Market Failure and Government Intervention6 Government Intervention; 7 Government's Achievements; 8 Conclusion; Myth 4: Deregulation Always Improves the Economy; 1 Myth; 2 Regulation; 3 Deregulation; 4 The Damage from Financial Deregulation; 5 The Fed as a Weak Regulator; 6 Weakening Regulation; 7 Privatization; 8 Conclusion; Myth 5: The Economy Has Superior Efficiency; 1 Myth; 2 Corporate Capitalism; 3 Economic Trends; 4 Economic Policies; 5 Monetary Policy; 6 Debt as a Way of Life; 7 The Financial Sector; 8 Conclusion; Part II Socio-Economic; Myth 6: Exceptional Living Standards. 1 Myth2 Declining Living Standards; 3 Work; 4 Conclusion; Myth 7: An Egalitarian Nation; 1 Myth; 2 Income Inequality in America; 3 Class and Nonincome Inequality; 4 Beliefs About Inequality; 5 Economic Causes of Inequality; 6 Inequality and the Political-Economy; 7 Conclusion; Part III Political-Economic; Myth 8: Free Markets Protect Democracy; 1 Myth; 2 Democracy; 3 From Economic to Political Power; 4 The Acquisition of Power; 5 Political Power and Government Help; 6 The Legal System; 7 The Fed and Democracy; 8 Conclusion; Myth 9: Corporations Represent Economic Freedom; 1 Myth. 2 Defining Economic Freedom3 Economic Freedom and Large Corporations; 4 Corporate Freedom and Politics; 5 Individual and Corporate Freedom; 6 The Other Side of Corporate Economic Freedom; 7 Conclusion; Myth 10: Free Market and Laissez Faire Are the Same; 1 Myth; 2 Laissez Faire as Free Market; 3 Laissez Faire and Competition; 4 Laissez Faire and Government; 5 The Laissez Faire Experience; 6 Conclusion; Myth 11: A Free Market Nation Does Not Need a Society; 1 Myth; 2 The Fight Against Society and Protection; 3 Do We Need Society When We Have the Market?; 4 Society versus Market. 5 Markets and Consensus6 Conclusion; Part IV The Crash and Bailouts; Myth 12: The Government Caused the Crash of 2007-08; 1 Myth; 2 Government's Role; 3 The Effects of Financial Deregulation; 4 Financial Innovations; 5 The Fed; 6 Conclusion; Myth 13: The Bailouts' Purpose Was to Save the Free Market Economy; 1 Myth; 2 Background to the Crash and Bailouts; 3 The Bailouts; 4 Bailout Objectives; 5 Conclusion; Notes; Introduction; Myth 1: America Has Free Markets; Myth 2: A Great Wall Separates Politics and the Economy; Myth 3: The Less Government, the Better.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 330.973; Economics; Free enterprise -- United States; Capitalism -- United States; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; Capitalism; Economic history; Economic policy; Free enterprise; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Economic history; Economic systems & structures; Management science; Economic history; United States -- Economic conditions; United States -- Economic policy; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319506364; 3319506366
• Related ISBNs: 9783319506357; 3319506358
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 8, 2017).
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