Capitalism for the People Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity

Name: Capitalism for the People Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity
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ISBN: 9780465029471

ISBN-10: 0465029477

ISBN-13: 9780465029471

Edition: 2012

Authors: Luigi Zingales

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Born in Italy, University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales witnessed firsthand the consequences of high inflation and unemployment—paired with rampant nepotism and cronyism—on a country’s economy. This experience profoundly shaped his professional interests, and in 1988 he arrived in the United States, armed with a political passion and the belief that economists should not merely interpret the world, but should change it for the better.InA Capitalism for the People, Zingales makes a forceful, philosophical, and at times personal argument that the roots of American capitalism are dying, and that the result is a drift toward the more corrupt systems found throughout Europe and much of the…

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List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 6/5/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Problem



The American Exception



Who Killed Horatio Alger?



Crony Capitalism American Style



Crony Finance



Bailout Nation



The Responsibilities of the Intellectuals



The Time for Populism



Solutions



Equality of Opportunity



Fighting Inequality with Competition



The Need for A Market-Based Ethics



Limits to Lobbying



Simple is Beautiful



Good and Bad Taxes



Reforming Finance



Data to the People



Pro Market, Not Pro Business


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index