Econned: how unenlightened self interest undermined democracy and corrupted capitalism
Smith, Yves
ECONned is the first book to examine the unquestioned role of economists as policy-makers, and how they helped create an unmitigated economic disaster. INDICE: Introduction PART I: THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE: HOW ECONOMISTS CAME TO PRACTICE JUNK SCIENCE The Voodoo of Financial Economics How Elegant Math Trumped Messy Facts and Made Neoclassical Economics Central The Blind Men and the Elephant of the Financial System PART II: THE MARKETING AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF PHONY SCIENCE The Cult of Free Markets The Codification of Ideology:The Role of the Courts PART III: THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING: RADICAL DEREGULATION LEADS TO LOOTING It's Not the Bubbles, It's the Leverage How Deregulation Led to Predation Large Scale Looting Produces the Perfect Storm PART IV: 'HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM' The Drunks are Looking Under the Streetlight for Their Keys Suggested Reforms
- ISBN: 978-0-230-62051-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha Publicación: 15/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés