This book deals with the social costs of markets from a heterodox perspective. It deals with the degrading of work, decline of community, and rising income inequality in the United States as markets and especially financial markets come to dominate society. Of course, if there is an attempt to point out the social costs of markets, the response of mainstream economists is to silence the critics or even in Orwellian fashion redefine their critiques so as to eliminate any negative comments about markets. While critique is necessary, there also needs to be a constructive agenda, that is, the...
This book deals with the social costs of markets from a heterodox perspective. It deals with the degrading of work, decline of community, and rising i...
Was the American Revolution fought to achieve abstract ideals of individual freedom or to serve economic interests? -Both - is the answer provided by Prof. Thomas D. Curtis in this intriguing study. He shows how British policy, particularly as it related to the speculation in lands on the western frontier (in the Appalachias and the Ohio Valley), had the unintended effect of uniting diverse interests into a force for rebellion. The leaders included heavily indebted southern landowners (including George Washington), northern urban land speculators (including Benjamin Franklin), and wealthy...
Was the American Revolution fought to achieve abstract ideals of individual freedom or to serve economic interests? -Both - is the answer provided by ...
Was the American Revolution fought to achieve abstract ideals of individual freedom or to serve economic interests? -Both - is the answer provided by Prof. Thomas D. Curtis in this intriguing study. He shows how British policy, particularly as it related to the speculation in lands on the western frontier (in the Appalachias and the Ohio Valley), had the unintended effect of uniting diverse interests into a force for rebellion. The leaders included heavily indebted southern landowners (including George Washington), northern urban land speculators (including Benjamin Franklin), and wealthy...
Was the American Revolution fought to achieve abstract ideals of individual freedom or to serve economic interests? -Both - is the answer provided by ...
