The surprising design of market economies

Coming into being: in praise of markets -- Me and mine: property, the first market -- Lex non scripta: the laws we don't make, or, the common law -- I am my brother's keeper: cooperatives -- Trust: how we cooperate to compete -- Staking claims on the mind: intellectual property -- Little c...

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1. Verfasser: Marshall, Alex (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Austin, Tex. University of Texas Press 2012
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Coming into being: in praise of markets -- Me and mine: property, the first market -- Lex non scripta: the laws we don't make, or, the common law -- I am my brother's keeper: cooperatives -- Trust: how we cooperate to compete -- Staking claims on the mind: intellectual property -- Little commonwealths: corporations and the state that creates them -- The future of corporations -- From highways to health care: progress through infrastructure -- Making places -- The great nineteenth-century train robbery -- A socialist paradise: the American road system -- Waiting for a train station -- What we did before: path dependence and markets -- Police and prisons: freedom, security, and democracy -- Why don't you make me? Government and force -- Common tongue, common culture, common markets -- By your bootstraps: developing countries and markets -- Last night upon the stairs: international law -- Conclusion. Making better markets.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:VIII, 280 S.
ISBN:9780292717770
978-0-292-71777-0