Rolling Back the Market: Economic Dogma and Political Choice - Softcover

Self, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312226527 ISBN 13: 9780312226527

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

Synopsis

A range of economic dogmas stressing the necessity of continuous economic growth, liberalization of trade and capital flows, and the reduction of social welfare underpin the reform programs governments encourage to roll back the functions and expenditures of the state. This book provides a comprehensive critique of these and similar dogmas, exposing their very weak basis in economic theory and their perverse effect upon human welfare and public services. This refreshingly broad and lucid account shows how it is now the market which urgently needs to be "rolled back" and prevented from further dominating politics and society.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Self is Emeritus Professor of Public Administration at the London School of Economics.

Review:

"... timely, well written, and accessible to general and nonspecialist readers, while still being of value to those familiar with the subject." --Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312226527
• ISBN 13: 9780312226527
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 265