John Quiggin
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Pub. Date
c2010
Description
"In the Graveyard of economic ideology, dead ideas still stalk the land." "The recent financial crisis laid bare many of the assumptions behind market liberalismthe theory that market-based solutions are always best, regardless of the problem. For decades, their advocates dominated main stream economics, and their influence created a system where an unthinking faith in markets led many to view speculative investments as fundamentally safe. The crisis...