The economists' hour : false prophets, free markets, and the fracture of society
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
330.904 APPELBA
1 available
330.904 APPELBA
1 available
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
439 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-425) and index.
Description
Tells the story of the conservative economists espousing free market and deregulatory policies during the four decades between 1969 and 2008. Leading figures such as Milton Friedman, Arthur Laffer, Walter Oi, Alfred Kahn, and Thomas Schelling believed that government should stop trying to manage the economy, and that markets would deliver steady growth and ensure that all Americans shared in the benefits. But, Applelbaum argues, these policies failed to deliver on their promise of broad prosperity, and the singleminded embrace of markets has come at the expense of economic equality, the health of liberal democracy, and future generations.