The politically incorrect guide to capitalism /
Robert P. Murphy.
- Washington, DC : Lanham, MD : Regnery Pub. ; Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, 2007.
- xii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- The politically incorrect guide .
- Politically incorrect guide. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-194) and index.
Quiz : are you a capitalist pig? -- Capitalism, profits, and entrepreneurs -- So what is capitalism anyway? -- Laissez-faire versus regulation -- Free to starve? -- Mass production for the masses -- Central planning versus the "anarchy" of production -- We won the Cold War! Or did we? -- The price is right (by definition) -- Prices are signals -- The big fuss over "Big oil" -- Running out of gas -- Rent control)or, How to destroy a neighborhood) -- Labor pains -- Baseball players make more than teachers! Where are our priorities? -- Even bad CEOs deserve the big bucks -- Child labor laws are unnecessary -- The minimum wage (or, How to create unemployment) -- Unions hurt the working man -- Give me a break! -- The case against anti-discrimination laws -- The free market's "racist fee" -- Discrimination is bad for business -- The "discriminating" customer -- Private property and the freedom of association -- There's nothing "affirmative" about affirmative action -- So every thing's hunky-dory? ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. Slavery : product of capitalism or government? -- Government protects slavery -- Slavery was declining before state interference -- Slavery : immoral, yes, but also inefficient! -- The rising price of slaves -- If slavery is so inefficient, then why did it exist at all? -- How capitalism will save the environment -- Rhinos versus cows -- Conservation for whom? -- We'll cross that bridge when we get to it -- The ultimate bet : Ehrlich bombs -- Recycle? Or dump? -- The pollution of activist government -- Ensuring safety: the market or big brother? -- There's always a trade-off -- Market safety -- The regulators : third-party guarantors -- Is there a doctor in the house? -- Safety : taking it to the streets -- Good intentions with deadly consequences -- Settling debts -- Deficits don't cause inflation -- Deficits crowd out private investment -- Raising taxes isn't "responsible" -- Burdening our grandchildren? -- Reagan's record -- Clinton's budget. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. Money and banking -- Barter is barbarous -- Nobody invented money -- We're from the government and we're here to help -- Printing more money makes prices rise -- Banking basics -- "Wildcat" banking -- Growing pains -- The business cycle : courtesy of the government -- The "progressive" Herbert Hoover -- The New Deal didn't fix the Depression -- Did World War II get us out of the Depression? -- The whole is not the sum of the parts -- Bread and circuses : popular government programs -- NASA : needlessly dangerous -- Outer space : too big for the private sector? -- Capitalists : just out for a buck? -- LBJ's war on taxpayers -- Sacrosanct Social Security -- Running government like a business -- Profits versus bureaucracy -- Amtrak -- Going postal over poor service -- Public utilities -- Government in a jam -- Trusting the feds on antitrust -- The myth of the robber barons -- The infamous case of Standard Oil -- The case against antitrust -- The case for Microsoft. ch. 9. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. Trade wars -- Tariffs are taxes on Americans -- Protecting jobs? -- Classical wisdom -- Debunking the deficit -- The trade deficit : follow the money -- Making money in the global village -- Manufacturing a crisis -- Outsourcing destroys jobs? -- Outsourcing makes America richer -- The high-tech sector : another phony crisis -- Capital export is a capital idea -- We're from the world government and we're here to help -- The investor class : in other words, you and me -- Interest : sooner is better than later -- The importance of middlemen -- The farsighted speculator -- Futures and other derivatives : to each according to his ability -- Raiders of the lost corporation -- A twelve-step plan for understanding the free market -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. ch. 14. ch. 15. ch. 16.
An irreverent look at capitalism that exposes common fallacies and offers simple explanations of complex issues related to capitalism and its role in the world's economy.
9781596985049 1596985046
2007001846
Capitalism--United States. Free enterprise. Economic history. Economic policy.