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Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets Paperback - 1999

by Robert Kuttner

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In this survey of the limits of free markets, Kuttner disputes the laissez-faire direction of both economic theory and practice that has been gaining in prominence since the mid-1970s.

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In this highly acclaimed, provocative book, Robert Kuttner disputes the laissez-faire direction of both economic theory and practice that has been gaining in prominence since the mid-1970s. Dissenting voices, Kuttner argues, have been drowned out by a stream of circular arguments and complex mathematical models that ignore real-world conditions and disregard values that can't easily be turned into commodities. With its brilliant explanation of how some sectors of the economy require a blend of market, regulation, and social outlay, and a new preface addressing the current global economic crisis, Kuttner's study will play an important role in policy-making for the twenty-first century.

"The best survey of the limits of free markets that we have. . . . A much needed plea for pragmatism: Take from free markets what is good and do not hesitate to recognize what is bad."-Jeff Madrick, Los Angeles Times

"It ought to be compulsory reading for all politicians-fortunately for them and us, it is an elegant read."-The Economist

"Demonstrating an impressive mastery of a vast range of material, Mr. Kuttner lays out the case for the market's insufficiency in field after field: employment, medicine, banking, securities, telecommunications, electric power."-Nicholas Lemann, New York Times Book Review

"A powerful empirical broadside. One by one, he lays on cases where governments have outdone markets, or at least performed well."-Michael Hirsh, Newsweek

"To understand the economic policy debates that will take place in the next few years, you can't do better than to read this book."-Suzanne Garment, Washington Post Book World


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  • Title Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets
  • Author Robert Kuttner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, U.S.A
  • Publication date 1999-05-15
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780226465555 / 0226465551
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.03 x 0.94 in (22.86 x 15.32 x 2.39 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Environmental policy - United States, United States - Commercial policy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98048861
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.973
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