{"product_id":"free-market-the-history-of-an-idea-hardcover","title":"Free Market: The History of an Idea - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacob Soll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a MacArthur \"Genius,\" an intellectual history of the free market, from ancient Rome to the twenty-first century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter two government bailouts of the US economy in less than twenty years, free market ideology is due for serious reappraisal. In\u003ci\u003e Free Market, \u003c\/i\u003eJacob Soll details how we got to this current crisis, and how we can find our way out by looking to earlier iterations of free market thought. Contrary to popular narratives, early market theorists believed that states had an important role in building and maintaining free markets. But in the eighteenth century, thinkers insisted on free markets without state intervention, leading to a tradition of ideological brittleness. That tradition only calcified in the centuries that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing the intellectual evolution of the free market from Cicero to Milton Friedman, Soll argues that we need to go back to the origins of free market ideology in order to truly understand it--and to develop new economic concepts to face today's challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacob Soll\u003c\/b\u003e is University Professor and a professor of philosophy, history, and accounting at the University of Southern California. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Information Master\u003c\/i\u003e, Soll is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the MacArthur \"Genius\" grant. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 9.43 x 6.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755822055712,"sku":"9780465049707","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3cb9eb9cad5d6d3cef4ec5327e68d222.webp?v=1780068996","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/free-market-the-history-of-an-idea-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}