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Free market revolution : how Ayn Rand's ideas can end big government / Yaron Brook and Don Watkins.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.Description: xiii, 251 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230341692 (hardback)
  • 0230341691 (hardback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB 95 B871f 2012
Contents:
The problem -- The incredible unshrinking government -- Why government grows ; With friends like these ... -- The 2008 housing meltdown: a crisis that government built -- The solution -- Rethinking selfishness -- The morality of success -- The business of business -- The nobility of the profit motive -- Selfishness unleashed -- The dynamism of the market -- The regulatory state and its victims -- The immoral entitlement state -- You are not your brother's health care provider ; Stopping the growth of the state.
Summary: Free Market Revolution argues that the answer to our current economic woes lies not in "trickle-down government" but in Ayn Rand's philosophy of capitalism and self-interest. The authors apply Rand's ideas to today's political events addressing key issues including the debt crisis, inflation, regulation, and the welfare state.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HB 95 B871f 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000191670

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The problem -- The incredible unshrinking government -- Why government grows ; With friends like these ... -- The 2008 housing meltdown: a crisis that government built -- The solution -- Rethinking selfishness -- The morality of success -- The business of business -- The nobility of the profit motive -- Selfishness unleashed -- The dynamism of the market -- The regulatory state and its victims -- The immoral entitlement state -- You are not your brother's health care provider ; Stopping the growth of the state.

Free Market Revolution argues that the answer to our current economic woes lies not in "trickle-down government" but in Ayn Rand's philosophy of capitalism and self-interest. The authors apply Rand's ideas to today's political events addressing key issues including the debt crisis, inflation, regulation, and the welfare state.

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