An enquiry into the ideology and reality of markets and market systems
By: John Lepper
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780230320970
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy; Commerce; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory; Capitalism; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics
Description: "Why do markets exist? How are they maintained? What are market systems and how are they formed? This book addresses these fundamental questions and challenges the traditional view that markets and market systems are 'natural', asserting insteadthat they are ideologically coloured and of dubious scientific value."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.