Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets - Couverture rigide

Kuttner, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0394583922 ISBN 13 : 9780394583921

Editeur : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997

Synopsis

Book by Kuttner Robert

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this highly acclaimed, provocative book, Robert Kuttner disputes the laissez-faire direction of both economic theory and practice that has been gaining in prominence since the mid-1970s. Dissenting voices, Kuttner argues, have been drowned out by a stream of circular arguments and complex mathematical models that ignore real-world conditions and disregard values that can't easily be turned into commodities. With its brilliant explanation of how some sectors of the economy require a blend of market, regulation, and social outlay, and a new preface addressing the current global economic crisis, Kuttner's study will play an important role in policy-making for the twenty-first century". The best survey of the limits of free markets that we have. . . . A much needed plea for pragmatism: Take from free markets what is good and do not hesitate to recognize what is bad". -Jeff Madrick, Los Angeles Times "It ought to be compulsory reading for all politicians-fortunately for them and us, it is an elegant read". -The Economist "Demonstrating an impressive mastery of a vast range of material, Mr. Kuttner lays out the case for the market's insufficiency in field after field: employment, medicine, banking, securities, telecommunications, electric power". -Nicholas Lemann, New York Times Book Review "A powerful empirical broadside. One by one, he lays on cases where governments have outdone markets, or at least performed well". -Michael Hirsh, Newsweek "To understand the economic policy debates that will take place in the next few years, you can't do better than to read this book". -Suzanne Garment, Washington Post Book World

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alfred A. Knopf
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0394583922
• ISBN 13: 9780394583921
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 410
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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