The end of the free market
Subtitle: who wins the war between states and corporations?
By: Ian Bremmer
Edition: Paperback edition with new afterword.
Publisher: Portfolio
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781591844402
Subjects: Economic policy; Capitalism; Government ownership
Description: This work details the growing phenomenon of state capitalism, a system in which governments drive local economies through ownership of market-dominant companies. This trend, Bremmer argues, threatens America's competitive edge and the conduct of free markets everywhere.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The rise of a new system; title: A brief history of capitalism; title: State capitalism: what it is and how it happened; title: State capitalism around the world; title: The challenge; title: Meeting the challenge.