The rise of the market : critical essays on the political economy of neo liberalism 1. Introduction 2. Social norms and endogenous preferences : the political economy of market expansion 3. The rise of neo liberalism in advanced capitalist economies : towards a materialist explanation 4. From Bourdieu to Becker : economics confronts the social sciences 5. Economics imperialism as Kuhnian revolution 6. Central bank independence : economic theory evidence and political legitimacy 7. Keynes as a Bourgeois Marxist The growth of neo liberalism has been the dominant political force in the past two decades. This volume concentrates on understanding the political economy of neo liberalism. It focuses on a number of the most critical issues and examines the essence of neo liberalism namely the dominance of the market