Description: Further DetailsTitle: Masters of the UniverseCondition: NewEAN: 9780691151571ISBN: 9780691151571Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 09/16/2012Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmItem Weight: 482gAuthor: Daniel Stedman JonesLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal PoliticsISBN-10: 0691151571Description: How did American and British policymakers become so enamored with free markets, deregulation, and limited government? This book--the first comprehensive transatlantic history of the rise of neoliberal politics--presents a surprising answer. Based on archival research and interviews with leading participants in the movement, Masters of the Universe traces the ascendancy of neoliberalism from the academy of interwar Europe to supremacy under Reagan and Thatcher and in the decades since. Daniel Stedman Jones argues that there was nothing inevitable about the victory of free-market politics. Far from being the story of the simple triumph of right-wing ideas, the neoliberal breakthrough was contingent on the economic crises of the 1970s and the acceptance of the need for new policies by the political left. Masters of the Universe describes neoliberalism's road to power, beginning in interwar Europe but shifting its center of gravity after 1945 to the United States, especially to Chicago and Virginia, where it acquired a simple clarity that was developed into an uncompromising political message.Neoliberalism was communicated through a transatlantic network of think tanks, businessmen, politicians, and journalists that was held together by Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman. After the collapse of Bretton Woods in 1971, and the "stagflation" that followed, their ideas finally began to take hold as Keynesianism appeared to self-destruct. Later, after the elections of Reagan and Thatcher, a guileless faith in free markets came to dominate politics. Fascinating, important, and timely, this is a book for anyone who wants to understand the history behind the Anglo-American love affair with the free market, as well as the origins of the current economic crisis.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Masters of the Universe
Title: Masters of the Universe
EAN: 9780691151571
ISBN: 9780691151571
Release Date: 09/16/2012
Release Year: 2012
Subtitle: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics
ISBN-10: 0691151571
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Name: Masters of the Universe : Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Modern / 20th Century, History & Theory, Economics / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Author: Daniel Stedman Jones
Subject Area: Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Length: 9.7 in
Item Width: 7.8 in
Format: Hardcover
