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Author Kens, Paul

Title The Political Theory of Conservative Economists Paul Kens
Published Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 1990
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
1990

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Description 1 online resource (232 p.)
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Summary It's difficult to overstate the impact of conservative economics on American life. The conservative thought of economists like Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, and Friedrick Hayek has provided the conceptual framework that undergirds nearly every aspect of current U.S. socialeconomic policy. Although a great deal has been written about the economic theories of these Nobel Prizewinning economists, this study is the first to examine the political theory that underlies conservative economics and its implications for public policy.Long associated with the "Chicago" and "public choice" schools of thought, Friedman, Buchanan, Hayek, and others have consistently repudiated Keynesian principles. They have steadfastly opposed social welfare policies and regulation of private enterprise, championing instead the free market as a mechanism for ordering society.In this book Conrad Waligorski analyzes the political content of the conservative economists' arguments. In so doing, he illuminates the political, economic, and philosophical ideas behind and justification for the laissezfaire policy--the reduced regulation, intervention, and welfare favored by conservative governments in the United States, Canada, and Britain
Analysis Political economy
Notes Incluye apendices
Description based on print version record
SUBJECT Lochner, Joseph
Subject Poder judicial -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
Juicios -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
Jornada laboral -- Estados Unidos
Condiciones de trabajo -- Estados Unidos
Contratos de trabajo -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
PanaderĂ­as -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
Trabajadores -- Derechos -- Estados Unidos
Control constitucional de las leyes -- Estados Unidos
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Project Muse. distributor.
ISBN 9780700631292
0700631291