The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism
by Murphy, Robert P.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-01-01
Publisher(s): Regnery Pub
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Summary
Participating in the economy is a part of everyday life, yet much of what is commonly accepted as economic fact is wrong. Keynesian schoolteachers and the liberal media have filled the world with politically correct errors that myth-busting professor Robert Murphy sets straight. Murphy explains hot topics like outsourcing (why it's good for Americans) and zoning restrictions (why they're not). Just like the other books in the P.I.G. series, The Politically Incorrect GuideT to Capitalism pulls no punches.
Author Biography
Robert P. Murphy earned his Ph.D. in economics from New York University. A former professor at Hillsdale College, he is now an adjunct scholar with the Ludwig von Mises Institute and an analyst at Laffer Associates. He has worked as both an economics scholar and lecturer, as an investment/business analyst, and as a writer of popular journalism on economic topics. He lives with his wife and son in Nashville, Tennessee.
Table of Contents
| Quiz : are you a capitalist pig? | |
| Capitalism, profits, and entrepreneurs | p. 1 |
| The price is right (by definition) | p. 9 |
| Labor pains | p. 17 |
| The case against anti-discrimination laws | p. 29 |
| Slavery : product of capitalism or of government? | p. 41 |
| How capitalism will save the environment | p. 49 |
| Ensuring safety : the market or big brother? | p. 61 |
| Settling debts | p. 79 |
| Money and banking | p. 85 |
| Growing pains | p. 97 |
| Bread and circuses : popular government programs | p. 115 |
| Running government like a business | p. 127 |
| Trusting the feds on antitrust | p. 137 |
| Trade wars | p. 147 |
| Making money in the global village | p. 159 |
| The investor class : in other words, you and me | p. 173 |
| A twelve-step plan for understanding the free market | p. 185 |
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