Railroading Economics: The Creation of the Free Market Mythology

by Michael Perelman

Book Overview

Most economic theory assumes a pure capitalism of perfect competition. This book is a penetrating critique of the rhetoric and practice of conventional economic theory. It explores how even in the United States--the most capitalist of countries--the market has always been subject to numerous constraints.
Perelman examines the way in which these constraints have been defended by such figures as Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, and Herbert Hoover, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583671358
• ISBN13: 9781583671351
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"