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Myths, Politicians and Money

The Truth Behind the Free Market

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  1. Bryan Gould
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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Triumph of the ‘Free Market’

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 11-22

  4. Globalisation

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 23-36

  5. Stepping Stones to a ‘Free-Market’ Global Economy

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 37-50

  6. The Political Response

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 51-61

  7. Democracy Surrendered

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 62-78

  8. The Shift in the Balance of Power

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 79-86

  9. Everything Has a Price: Or Businessmen Know Best

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 87-102

  10. Mismanaging Our Economies: The Rise of Monetarism

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 103-116

  11. Mismanaging Our Economies: The International Dimension

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 117-128

  12. The Rise of Powerful Rivals and Other Models

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 129-140

  13. Mismanaging Our Economies: Ignoring the Evidence

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 141-158

  14. Hubris and Nemesis: The Global Financial Crisis

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 159-172

  15. Our Leaders Are Ignorant of How Our Economy Works

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    Pages 173-184

  16. The Role of the Media

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    Pages 185-194

  17. Widening Inequality and Social Problems

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 195-213

  18. Misreading the Non-Western World

    • Bryan Gould
    Pages 214-219

  19. The Anglo-American Model

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    Pages 220-231

  20. Conclusion: What Can Be Done?

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    Pages 232-243
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About this book

Bryan Gould draws on his experience as a leading British politician and as a lawyer, academic, diplomat and television journalist to explain why the political and economic doctrines that have dominated the western world for three decades have meant that western countries have found that their democratic governments no longer serve them well.

About the author

Bryan Gould was a New Zealand Rhodes Scholar who became a British diplomat, an Oxford law don, a television journalist, and a leading British politician. He challenged for the leadership of the British Labour Party in 1992 and returned to New Zealand in 1994 to lead a New Zealand university.

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