critical essays on the political economy of neo-liberalism
Erschienen:
c2004
Verlag:
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, U.K
The growth of neo-liberalism has been the dominant political force in the past two decades. This volume concentrates on understanding the political economy of neo-liberalism. It focuses on a number of the most critical issues and examines the essence...
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The growth of neo-liberalism has been the dominant political force in the past two decades. This volume concentrates on understanding the political economy of neo-liberalism. It focuses on a number of the most critical issues and examines the essence of neo-liberalism, namely, the dominance of the market
Revisions of contributions previously published in International papers in political economy
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Social norms and endogenous preferences: the political economy of market expansion; 3. The rise of neo-liberalism in advanced capitalist economies: towards a materialist explanation; Preface to Chapters 4 and 5; 4. From Bourdieu to Becker: economics confronts the social sciences; 5. Economics imperialism as Kuhnian revolution?; 6. Central bank independence: economic theory, evidence and political legitimacy; 7. Keynes as a bourgeois Marxist; Index
