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Silent Conversion to Anti-Statism: Historical Origins of the Belief in Market Superiority
[working paper]
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Universität Hamburg, Fak. Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, FB Sozialökonomie, Zentrum für Ökonomische und Soziologische Studien (ZÖSS)
Abstract "Despite severe economic turmoil within the last decade the stock diagnosis for most market insufficiencies has been: the state must be 'slimmed down'. Satisfying social needs through the free market under the slogan of 'less government is good government' has been a constitutive feature of economic... view more
"Despite severe economic turmoil within the last decade the stock diagnosis for most market insufficiencies has been: the state must be 'slimmed down'. Satisfying social needs through the free market under the slogan of 'less government is good government' has been a constitutive feature of economic policy since the rise of neoliberalism in the 1980s. But even as the deregulation of the markets and the 'downsizing' of the state causes growing social turbulences – especially in the context of the current financial and economic meltdown – politicians, scholars and the media still cling to the idea of an omnipotent market. Deeprooted and widely-spread anti-statism still fulfils the role of a creed serving to legitimize the necessity of market-centred 'reforms'." (author´s abstract)... view less
Keywords
market power; market economy; liberalism; neoliberalism; economic reform; deregulation; denationalization
Classification
Political Economy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
City
Hamburg
Page/Pages
20 p.
Series
ZÖSS Discussion Paper, 28
ISSN
1868-4947
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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