The predator state
Subtitle: how conservatives abandoned the free market and why liberals should too
By: James K. Galbraith
Edition: 1st Free Press trade paperback ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781416576211
Subjects: Free enterprise; Economic policy
Description: Galbraith urges listeners to abandon the outdated ideology of free market economics. Revolutionized by the Reagan Administration, Galbraith reveals how the free market, which may have been successful at one point in time, now serves to damage America's contemporary economy.
Notes: Includes index.

"With a new introduction on the great crisis."--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Whatever happened to the conservatives?; title: The freedom to shop; title: Tax cuts and the marvelous market of the mind; title: Uncle Milton's war; title: The impossible dream of budget balance; title: There is no such thing as free trade; title: What the rise of inequality is really about; title: The enduring new deal; title: The corporate crisis; title: The rise of the predator state; title: The inadequacy of making markets work; title: The need for planning; title: The case for standards; title: Paying for it.