Who stole our market economy? [electronic resource] : the desperate need for socioeconomic progress /
Samli, A. Coskun.author.
This book discusses the current landscape of our market economy, which is in the hands of financiers and billionaires who decrease competition as well as consumer power. In order for society to fully thrive and provide its members higher living standards and quality of life, it must distribute and deliver the fruits of the economic activity without discrimination and favoritism. This book exposes the real problem of economic inequality, poverty, and the elimination of the middle class and argues for a progressive market economy in the face of regressive conservatism. The author warns of business failures, rigid and unrealistic laws, widespread unemployment, and class warfare without a fair, functional system. Until action is taken to reverse this situation, our market economy will continue to be abused by the greedy and the powerful, stripping it of any potential for advancement and growth.
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. What About A Market System? -- 2. What Is Happening to the U.S. Economy? -- 3. Who Is The Culprit? -- 4. Five Deadly Social Developments -- 5: Regulation or Deregulation? -- 6 Is Merger Mania A Disease? -- 7. Outsourcing the Big Problem -- 8. The Role of Taxation -- 9. Privatization -- 10: Regaining Our Market System -- 11. Cultivating Economic Progress -- 12. What Do We Look Forward To? -- Postscript. .
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This book discusses the current landscape of our market economy, which is in the hands of financiers and billionaires who decrease competition as well as consumer power. In order for society to fully thrive and provide its members higher living standards and quality of life, it must distribute and deliver the fruits of the economic activity without discrimination and favoritism. This book exposes the real problem of economic inequality, poverty, and the elimination of the middle class and argues for a progressive market economy in the face of regressive conservatism. The author warns of business failures, rigid and unrealistic laws, widespread unemployment, and class warfare without a fair, functional system. Until action is taken to reverse this situation, our market economy will continue to be abused by the greedy and the powerful, stripping it of any potential for advancement and growth.
Business enterprises
Macroeconomics.
Business Finance.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.