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The economists' hour [sound recording] : false prophets, free markets, and the fracture of society / Binyamin Appelbaum.

by Appelbaum, Binyamin.

Hachette Audio, pc2019.

COMPACT DISC 330.904 A646e

Economic policy.

Economic history -- 20th century.

Economics -- United States -- 20th century -- History.

Economists -- United States.

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False prophets, free markets, and the fracture of society [sound recording]

[sound recording] :

11 compact discs (13 hrs. : 30 min.) : Dolby digital ; 12 cm.

Read by Dan Bittner.

"Binyamin Appelbaum traces the rise of the economists, first in the United States and then around the globe, as their ideas reshaped the modern world, curbing government, unleashing corporations and hastening globalization. Some leading figures are relatively well-known, such as Milton Friedman, the elfin libertarian who had a greater influence on American life than any other economist of his generation, and Arthur Laffer, who sketched a curve on a cocktail napkin that helped to make tax cuts a staple of conservative economic policy. Others stayed out of the limelight, but left a lasting impact on modern life: Walter Oi, a blind economist who dictated to his wife and assistants some of the calculations that persuaded President Nixon to end military conscription; Alfred Kahn, who deregulated air travel and rejoiced in the crowded cabins on commercial flights as the proof of his success; and Thomas Schelling, who put a dollar value on human life. Their fundamental belief was that government should stop trying to manage the economy. Their guiding principle was that markets would deliver steady growth, and ensure that all Americans shared in the benefits. But this promise of broad prosperity has not been realized, and the single-minded embrace of markets has come at the expense of economic equality, of the health of liberal democracy, and of future generations. This is a reckoning-and a call for people to rewrite the rules of the market."--From publisher.

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