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- catalog abstract "Robert Kuttner's quarrel, in this provocative and illuminating book, is not with capitalism per se or with a broad role for market forces: "Consumption is doubtless pleasurable," he writes, "and no one minds a high material standard of living." His dispute is rather with the current libertarian or laissez-faire direction of both economic practice and economic theory that has been gradually gaining in prominence since the mid-197Os. Champions of this approach extol the unfettered marketplace and trust in its ability to increase wealth, promote innovation, and "optimize outcomes"--And to regulate itself flawlessly all the while. In Everything for Sale, Kuttner makes a powerful case for the mixed economy, in which government steps in to override markets for a variety of reasons: to stabilize monetary forces, to promote growth, to temper inequalities, to cultivate civic virtues. It is the system that, Kuttner contends, holds the greatest hope for a flourishing twenty-first century. His concrete observations and clear analyses, purged of jargon, address themselves to every layperson, businessperson, policy-maker, and open-minded economist in America.".
- catalog contributor b10078586.
- catalog contributor b10078587.
- catalog coverage "United States Commercial policy.".
- catalog coverage "United States Economic policy 1993-2001.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "In Everything for Sale, Kuttner makes a powerful case for the mixed economy, in which government steps in to override markets for a variety of reasons: to stabilize monetary forces, to promote growth, to temper inequalities, to cultivate civic virtues. It is the system that, Kuttner contends, holds the greatest hope for a flourishing twenty-first century. His concrete observations and clear analyses, purged of jargon, address themselves to every layperson, businessperson, policy-maker, and open-minded economist in America.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-395) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- 1. The resurgent market -- 2. The imperial market -- 3. The market for labor -- 4. Markets and medicine -- 5. MOney markets and the corporation -- 6. Markets, innovation, and growth -- 7. regulated competition -- 8. Regulating the human environment -- 9. Markets and politics.".
- catalog description "New York Times Notable Book, 1997.".
- catalog description "Robert Kuttner's quarrel, in this provocative and illuminating book, is not with capitalism per se or with a broad role for market forces: "Consumption is doubtless pleasurable," he writes, "and no one minds a high material standard of living." His dispute is rather with the current libertarian or laissez-faire direction of both economic practice and economic theory that has been gradually gaining in prominence since the mid-197Os. Champions of this approach extol the unfettered marketplace and trust in its ability to increase wealth, promote innovation, and "optimize outcomes"--And to regulate itself flawlessly all the while.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 410 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Everything for sale.".
- catalog identifier "0394583922 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Everything for sale.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Alfred A. Knopf,".
- catalog relation "Everything for sale.".
- catalog spatial "United States Commercial policy.".
- catalog spatial "United States Economic policy 1993-2001.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "338.973 20".
- catalog subject "Capitalism United States.".
- catalog subject "Environmental policy United States.".
- catalog subject "Free enterprise United States.".
- catalog subject "Full employment policies United States.".
- catalog subject "HC106.82 .K87 1997".
- catalog subject "Industrial policy United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- 1. The resurgent market -- 2. The imperial market -- 3. The market for labor -- 4. Markets and medicine -- 5. MOney markets and the corporation -- 6. Markets, innovation, and growth -- 7. regulated competition -- 8. Regulating the human environment -- 9. Markets and politics.".
- catalog title "Everything for sale : the virtues and limits of markets / Robert Kuttner.".
- catalog type "text".