Economism: bad economics and the rise of inequality 9781101871195, 1101871199, 9781101871201

Here is a bracing deconstruction of the framework for understanding the world that is learned as gospel in Economics 101

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Economism: bad economics and the rise of inequality
 9781101871195, 1101871199, 9781101871201

Table of contents :
Content: The best of all possible worlds --
The magic of the marketplace --
The long march of economism --
You get what you deserve --
Incentives are everything --
The consumer knows best --
Capital unbound --
It's a small world after all --
The best possible world : for whom?

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