Economic Freedom and the American Dream

ISBN-13: 9780230617759 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 247 str.

Joseph Shaanan

Opis

Shaanan challenges the conventional view that unrestricted economic freedom enhances our economic and political well being. He demonstrates that unrestricted economic freedom provides benefits but also inflicts a heavy toll on democracy, free markets and, paradoxically, economic freedom itself.

Spis treści

Introduction AMERICA We the People Ideology and Myths The Economy The Secondary Economy CORPORATIONS The Rise of Corporations Large Corporations The Corporation and the State The Media MARKETS Competition Competition Policy INDIVIDUALS Fortunes and Fairness Culture and Materialism The American Character AMERICA REVISITED America's Economic Success Final Thoughts

O autorze

JOSEPH SHAANAN is Professor of Economics at Bryant University, USA.