02540cam a2200457 a 4500 118526 20230410105345.0 120224s2012 txu b s001 0 eng 17180122 2012007467 016163931 Uk 9780292717770 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292717776 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780292739185 (e-book) 0292739184 (e-book) (OCoLC)ocn778828284 DLC eng DLC YDX BTCTA BDX YDXCP OCLCO BWX UKMGB IKM YBM DLC pcc HB 171 M367s 2012 330.12/2 Z UA380.8 M355su txdocs Marshall, Alex, 1959- The surprising design of market economies / by Alex Marshall. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012. viii, 280 p. ; 24 cm. Constructs Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-272) and index. 1. On the books: the markets we make by law -- Coming into being: in praise of markets -- Me and mine: property, the first market -- Lex non scripta: the laws we don't make, or, the common law -- I am my brother's keeper: cooperatives -- Trust: how we cooperate to compete -- Staking claims on the mind: intellectual property -- Little commonwealths: corporations and the state that creates them -- The future of corporations -- 2. Infrastructure: the markets we make by hand -- From highways to health care: progress through infrastructure -- Making places -- The great nineteenth-century train robbery -- A socialist paradise: the American road system -- Waiting for a train station -- What we did before: path dependence and markets -- Police and prisons: freedom, security, and democracy -- Why don't you make me? Government and force -- 3. Seeding the fields: the markets we make in our minds -- Common tongue, common culture, common markets -- 4. The markets we build abroad -- By your bootstraps: developing countries and markets -- Last night upon the stairs: international law -- 5. Looking forward: making better markets -- Conclusion: Making better markets -- Afterword: My own story: a circuitous journey. Economics. Capitalism. Free trade. Markets. Economía. Capitalismo. Libre comercio. Mercados. Constructs series. lcc bk YSL 35029 35029 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HB 171 M367s 2012 00000111557 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk