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The market system : what it is, how it works, and what to make of it /
In the wake of the collapse of communism, we hear much about the victory of the 'market system'. Just what is the market system? This clear and accessible book begins by answering this question, then goes on to explain how the market system works and what it can and cannot do. Charles E. L...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2001.
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| Series: | Yale ISPS series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Market system ascendant
- Part one: How it works: Society's coordination
- Market-system coordination
- Bones beneath flesh
- Enterprise and corporation
- Maximum reach
- Chosen domain
- Part two: What to make of it: Quid pro quo
- What efficiency requires
- Market-system efficiency
- Inefficiences
- Too little, too late
- Freedom!
- Personality and culture
- Persuading the masses
- Necessary to democracy?
- Enterprise obstructions to democracy
- Part three: Thinking about choices: Alternative market systems
- An alternative to the market system?