The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too - Couverture rigide

Galbraith, James Kenneth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 141656683X ISBN 13 : 9781416566830

Editeur : The Free Press, 2008

Synopsis

For nearly three decades, Washington has been in the grip of an economic orthodoxy defined by Ronald Reagan and embraced ardently by George W. Bush. It rests on four pillars: 1) Cut taxes on the wealthy, 2) Reduce regulation, 3) Fear inflation above all else, and 4) Insist on free-floating currency rates. Yet mainstream economists have spent much of the past decade examining the results, and declaring them rotten. Supply-side stimulation is a mirage. Deficits matter. Inequality matters. The disasters in Latin America--bread riots in Argentina, inflationary madness in Brazil - and Africa - bankrupt governments and capital flight - were a direct result of the Reagan-Bush agenda. James Galbraith is fed up, and determined to close the gap between what the economists know, and what the politicians ignore. In plain English, the Republican Party has been hijacked by political leaders who long since stopped caring if reality conformed to their message. Galbraith exposes the crumbling pillars one by one, naming names and pulling no punches. If you thought you should vote Republican for the sake of the economy, think again. Here's the "j'accuse" that the Bush economic agenda richly deserves - and a plan for what should replace it.

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À propos de l'auteur

James K. Galbraith teaches economics and a variety of other subjects at the University of Texas. He holds degrees in economics from Harvard and Yale. He studied economics as a Marshall Scholar at King's College, Cambridge, and then served in several positions on the staff of the US Congress, including Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee. He is the son of renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Free Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 141656683X
• ISBN 13: 9781416566830
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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