An Enquiry into the Ideology and Reality of Market and Market System

Author:   J. Lepper
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
ISBN:  

9781349340293


Pages:   287
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Why do markets exist? How are they maintained? What are market systems and how are they formed? This book addresses these fundamental questions and challenges the traditional view that markets and market systems are 'natural', asserting instead that they are ideologically coloured and of dubious scientific value.

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Author:   J. Lepper
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
Weight:   0.384kg
ISBN:  

9781349340293


ISBN 10:   1349340294
Pages:   287
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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PART I: MARKET: ANATOMY OF A CONCEPT Nature of Market Market Politics and Social Discourse Market and Law Market Reality and Market Beliefs Market as Science Market Application  PART II: MERCANTIFER: EXPLORATIONS OF ECONOMIC REALITY Nature of Mercantifers How Mercantifers Emerge and Function Market Failure and Mercantifer Success Mercantifer Processes Types of Mercantifer Trajectories and Mercantifers Theory of Mercantifers  PART III: SYSTEMS OF MERCANTIFERS Mercantifer Systems Mercantifers and Money

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JOHN LEPPER is Research Fellow at Lancaster University, UK. His public and private sector experience includes advising Nomura, the Bank of New Zealand and the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand. He was director of a private consultancy and has taught at universities in the UK, New Zealand and China.

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