The invention of market freedom
By: Eric MacGilvray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781107001367; 9780521171892
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Republicanism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; Economics; Economic aspects; Liberty; Capitalism
Description: Addresses how the classical republican conception of freedom was challenged and finally overcome by the rise of modern market societies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction :; title: republicanism and the market --; title: Republican freedom --; title: Liberalism before liberty --; title: The rise of commerce --; title: The market synthesis --; title: Republicanism in eclipse -- -- Conclusion :; title: markets and the new republicanism