Neo-liberalism Or Democracy?: Economic Strategy, Markets, and Alternatives for the 21st CenturyThis work explores some central tenets of modern economics. In doing so, it subjects them to trenchant examination - including the case for free trade and the inevitability of ever more grotesque income inequalities. It argues that current policies are delivering neither sustained economic growth nor many of the other things fundamental to people's wellbeing. The book argues that there is a feasible alternative, and provides clear indications of how to construct a democratically controlled economic strategy which both delivers growth and meets everyone's needs. |
Contents
There are Alternatives I | 1 |
International Commerce and Economic Development | 25 |
Economic Growth and the Distribution of Income | 66 |
The Social Construction of Markets | 99 |
Definitions | 145 |
Macroeconomic Foundations of a Democratic Strategy | 160 |
Social Programmes as the Core of a Democratic Strategy | 175 |
Democratic Development and the Shaping of Private | 198 |
Power and Politics in the Pursuit of Democratic | 225 |
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Neo-liberalism Or Democracy?: Economic Strategy, Markets, and Alternatives ... Arthur MacEwan No preview available - 2000 |
Neo-liberalism Or Democracy?: Economic Strategy, Markets, and Alternatives ... Arthur MacEwan No preview available - 1999 |
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