The constitution of liberty in the open economy /
The constitution of liberty in the open economy /
In these heady days of ever increasing globalization it has become vital to question whether governments should be allowed to protect domestic enterprises from foreign competitors.This book represents a first attempt to provide a new conceptual basis for discussing the cases in which free trade shou...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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Edición: | English language ed. |
Colección: | Foundations of the market economy series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: a tale from days of olde with a sad ending; Introduction; Does neoclassical trade theory provide a justification for free trade?; Classical and neoclassical free trade theory; Special problems of neoclassical trade theory: the assumptions as prerequisites of the free trade postulate; General problems of neoclassical welfare economics; Summary of Part I; Do the functional conditions of the market order provide a justification for free trade?
- The knowledge problem as a central challenge in economics and its neglect in neoclassical equilibrium theoryThe aim neutrality and rule dependence of the market order; Resolving the knowledge problem in the market order; Efficiency as justification of the market order in general and of economic policy in particular; Market order and policy on international trade; Summary of Part II; The order of liberty; The principles of the order of liberty; Reasons for and justification of the order of liberty as a societal principle; The state in the order of liberty
- 'Freedom' and 'equality' as material claims against society?Summary of Part III; International trade and trade policy in the order of liberty; The spheres of freedom of market participants involved in international trade; Free trade as an integral part of the order of liberty; Special trade restrictions on goods markets in the order of liberty; Trade restrictions on factor markets in the order of liberty; The causes of and possible approaches to overcoming protectionism; Summary of Part IV; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index