TY - BOOK AU - Galbraith,James K. TI - The predator state : : how conservatives abandoned the free market and why liberals should too SN - 1416576215 (pbk) AV - HB 95 G148p 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Free Press KW - Free enterprise KW - United States KW - Libre empresa KW - Estados Unidos KW - Economic policy KW - 1981-1993 KW - 1993-2001 KW - 2001- KW - Política económica N1 - Includes index; "With a new introduction on the great crisis."--Cover; Whatever happened to the conservatives? -- The freedom to shop -- Tax cuts and the marvelous market of the mind -- Uncle Milton's war -- The impossible dream of budget balance -- There is no such thing as free trade -- What the rise of inequality is really about -- The enduring new deal -- The corporate crisis -- The rise of the predator state -- The inadequacy of making markets work -- The need for planning -- The case for standards -- Paying for it N2 - Galbraith urges listeners to abandon the outdated ideology of free market economics. Revolutionized by the Reagan Administration, Galbraith reveals how the free market, which may have been successful at one point in time, now serves to damage America's contemporary economy UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008006660-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008006660-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008006660-t.html ER -