The Hand Behind the Invisible Hand: Dogmatic and Pragmatic Views on Free Markets and the State of Economic Theory - Couverture rigide

Mittermaier, Karl

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1529209099 ISBN 13 : 9781529209099

Editeur : Bristol University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND

Made famous by the Enlightenment thinker Adam Smith, the concept of an 'invisible hand' might be taken to imply that a government that governs least governs the best, from the viewpoint of society. Here an invisible hand appears to represent unfettered market forces.

Drawing from this much-contested notion, Mittermaier indicates why such a view represents only one side of the story and distinguishes between what he calls pragmatic and dogmatic free marketeers.

Published posthumously, with new contributions by Daniel Klein, Rod O'Donnell and Christopher Torr, this book outlines Mittermaier's main thesis and his relevance for ongoing debates within economics, politics, sociology and philosophy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Karl Mittermaier (1938-2016) was affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, for over thirty years until 2002 when he retired.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bristol University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1529209099
• ISBN 13: 9781529209099
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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