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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Self |
ISBN: | 0312226519 9780312226510 0312226527 9780312226527 0333710991 9780333710999 0333711009 9780333711002 |
OCLC Number: | 41272972 |
Description: | xii, 265 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | The market dogma -- The corruption of liberalism -- The erosion of welfare -- The destructive quest for minimum government -- The shock of the global economy -- The conflict of beliefs -- Capitalism and human welfare -- The revival of political choice. |
Responsibility: | Peter Self. |
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Abstract:
Offering a comprehensive critique of ruling economic beliefs about politics and society, this book shows the weak basis of these beliefs in both economic and political thought, and their perverse effects upon human welfare and public services.
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'...it deserves to be widely read and should be recommended to all students suffused with the values of 'Thatcher's children'...an excellent and valuable work which is one of the best in this field.' - Jim Chandler, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy Read more...

