The Power of Market Fundamentalism
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Economic Conditions, Business & Finance, Economics, Theory of Economics, Economic Policy
| Author: | Fred Block | ISBN: | 9780674416352 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Fred Block |
| ISBN: | 9780674416352 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
What is it about free-market ideas that gives them staying power in the face of such failures as persistent unemployment, widening inequality, and financial crises? The Power of Market Fundamentalism extends economist Karl Polanyi's work to explain why these dangerous utopian ideas have become the dominant economic ideology of our time.
What is it about free-market ideas that gives them staying power in the face of such failures as persistent unemployment, widening inequality, and financial crises? The Power of Market Fundamentalism extends economist Karl Polanyi's work to explain why these dangerous utopian ideas have become the dominant economic ideology of our time.
