Free market conservatism : a critique of theory and practice / edited by Edward J. Nell.

First published in 1984, this book carefully dissects and convincingly demonstrates that conservative economics is incoherent in theory and disastrous in practice. The three main schools of thought supporting "free-market" policies - supply side economics, monetarism and rational expectati...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Nell, Edward J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Series:Routledge revivals.
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