Capitalism vs. Freedom

Larson, Rob

ISBN 10: 1785357336 / ISBN 13: 9781785357336

Verlag: Zer0 Books, 2018

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Inhaltsangabe:

For years, we've been taught that capitalism is good for freedom. Dominant right-wing talk radio hosts to this day recommend “libertarian” classics like Hayek's Road to Serfdom and Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom that claim markets free us, and this picture still dominates the schools and the political spectrum. Well get bent, one percent, because Rob Larson's Capitalism vs. Freedom: The Toll Road to Serfdom puts big business under a microscope. This book debunks the conservative classics while demonstrating that the marketplace has its own great centers of power, which the libertarian tradition itself claims is a limit to freedom. In fact, Larson illustrates how capitalism fails both this and other concepts of human liberty—not just failing to establish a right to a share of society's production, but also leaving us subject to the great power plays of the one percent's corporate property.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Rob Larson is a professor of economics at Tacoma Community College in Washington State and the author of Bleakonomics. He's written broadly, including for In These Times, Dollars & Sense and Jacobin, and appeared on Alternative Radio and other programs.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Capitalism vs. Freedom
Verlag: Zer0 Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket