America's Free Market Myths Debunking Market Fundamentalism /
This book describes and refutes thirteen ideas involving free market principles and the US economic system, arguing that these (mostly familiar) ideas are myths. The myths are deeply ingrained in the United States' self-image and in political discourse, and are hailed as indisputable, scientifi...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50636-4 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Myth 1. America Has Free Markets
- Myth 2. A Great Wall Separates Politics and the Economy
- Myth 3. The Less Government, The Better
- Myth 4. Deregulation Always Improves the Economy
- Myth 5. The Economy Has Superior Efficiency
- Myth 6.Exceptional Living Standards
- Myth 7. An Egalitarian Nation
- Myth 8. Free Markets Protect Democracy
- Myth 9. Corporations Represent Economic Freedom
- Myth 10. Free Market and Laissez Faire Are the Same
- Myth 11. A Free Market Nation Does Not Need a Society
- Myth 12. The Government Caused the Crash of 2007-08
- Myth 13. The Bailouts' Purpose Was to Save the Free Market Economy.