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The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too
by James Galbraith
from Free Press
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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The new economics 
THE PREDATOR STATE
Understanding the financial happenings is so important. We certainly didn't learn any of this in school; highschool anyway.
I heard Kenneth Galbraith interviewed on KCET and placed my order, getting 2 gifts and reading one myself.
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The "free market" is not a real thing
Galbraith correctly shows us that the "free market" is an ideal construct, not a real thing. There has never been any truly "free market", unaffected by government policies for good or bad.
Although I would give Galbraith a "A" for effort in dumbing down some of his discussions of economic theory, I frankly did become lost several times, but I just read on and eventually reconnected.
Of course Galbraith is right in pointing out that were it not for many of the economic institutions created under... more info
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the predator state
Everyone who works with his hands or brain should read this book.
James K. Galbraith has it nailed.
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the predator state
the book is highly detailed and does become redundant after a while. I liked the detail that the author used and that the did not shy away from the facts. He is very detailed and I believe what the said is true. It is a shame that the public is so far behind the truth of the writer. I have written to my congressmen and gotten the same song and dance that Obama is offering. the same speech writer was used by all and I ran my own business for over 15 years. I never borrowed money to pay the employee payroll... more info
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