No freedom without regulation
Subtitle: the hidden lesson of the subprime crisis
By: Joseph William Singer
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780300211672
Subjects: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Right of property; Philosophy; Free enterprise; Property
Other titles: Hidden lesson of the subprime crisis
Description: "Almost everyone who follows politics or economics agrees on one thing: more regulation means less freedom. Joseph William Singer, one of the world's most respected experts on property law, explains why this understanding of regulation is simply wrong. While analysts as ideologically divided as Alan Greenspan and Joseph Stiglitz have framed regulatory questions as a matter of governments versus markets, Singer reminds us of what we've willfully forgotten: government is not inherently opposed to free markets or private property, but is, in fact, necessary to their very existence."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-203) and index.
Table of contents: title: The subprime challenge; title: Why a free and democratic society needs law; title: Why consumer protection promotes the free market; title: Why private property needs a legal infrastructure; title: Why conservatives like regulation and liberals like markets; title: Democratic liberty.