Marketcraft : how governments make markets work / Steven K. Vogel.

Marketcraft argues that markets do not arise spontaneously but rather are crafted by individuals, firms, and most of all by governments. Thus ""marketcraft"" represents a core function of government comparable to statecraft. Vogel systematically reviews the implications of this a...

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Main Author: Vogel, Steven Kent (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half title; Marketcraft; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Marketcraft Thesis; The Core Propositions; Market Governance; 2. The Elements of Marketcraft; The Corporation; Accounting; The Banking System; Capital Markets; Corporate Governance; Labor Markets; Antitrust; Sector-Specific Regulation; Intellectual Property Rights; Fabricated Markets; 3. Marketcraft American Style: Why the World's "Freest" Market Economy Is the Most Governed; The Postwar Model; Financial Reform; Corporate Governance Reform; Labor Market Reform; Antitrust Reform.
  • Regulatory ReformIntellectual Property Rights; The Marketcraft of the Information Revolution; The Marketcraft of the Global Financial Crisis; 4. Marketcraft Japanese Style: Why It's So Hard to Craft a Liberal Market Economy; The Postwar Model; Financial Reform; Corporate Governance Reform; Labor Market Reform; Antitrust Reform; Regulatory Reform; Intellectual Property Rights; Marketcraft for Innovation; Marketcraft for a Japanese IT Revolution; 5. Marketcraft in Theory and Practice; Rhetoric; Economics; Political Science; Markets as Institutions; Markets and Freedom.
  • Measuring Economic Freedom and Market GovernancePolicy; Lessons For Progressives; Lessons For Market Liberals; Marketcraft and the Public Good; Notes; References; Index.