The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too

The cult of the free market has dominated economic policy-talk since the Reagan revolution. But in practice, what we have now is a corporate republic that diverts public cash into private hands. Galbraith shows why free market principles no longer apply to our real economy. A timely, provocative work whose message will appeal to the broad audience of thoughtful Americans who wish to understand the forces at work in our economy and culture and who seek to live in a nation that is both prosperous and progressive.