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Theories of the Global Free Market and their Critics - POLS5158 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description Neo-liberal or 'economic rationalist' arguments for the desirability of a global free market. Formal characteristics of 'free' market relations in economic theory. Free markets in theory v free markets in practice. Maximalist and minimalist arguments for free markets. Neo-liberalism and the critique of state economic intervention. The 'Asian Tigers' and neo-liberal theory. Critiques of maximalism and critiques of minimalism. State intervention and global economic competitiveness. Economic theory and global economic stability and instability.
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