Cover of Bernard E. Harcourt: Illusion of Free Markets

Bernard E. Harcourt Illusion of Free Markets

Price for Eshop: 808 Kč (€ 32.3)

VAT 0% included

New

E-book delivered electronically online

E-Book information

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

2011

PDF
How do I buy e-book?

337

978-0-674-05936-8

0-674-05936-0

Annotation

Harcourt argues that the way we think about markets has distorted the way we think about criminal justice, to the detriment of both spheres. He calls to task the conceptualization of market exchange as "free" and "natural," an idea he traces back to the 18th-century French Physiocrats, and finds reinforced in modern neoliberal theory. This "illusion" continues to contribute to the expansion of American penality, as those who bypass the natural order of the market system are subject to policing and punishment by a government whose primary purpose is to protect the unfettered operation of capitalism.

Ask question

You can ask us about this book and we'll send an answer to your e-mail.