Markets in the name of socialism : the left-wing origins of neoliberalism / Johanna Bockman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bockman, Johanna, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoliberalism--History.

Neoliberalism.

Neoclassical school of economics--History.

Neoclassical school of economics.

Marxian economics--History.

Marxian economics.

Socialism--History.

Socialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 354 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The worldwide spread of neoliberalism has transformed economies, polities, and societies everywhere. Rather than focusing on the agency of a few prominent, conservative economists, this book reveals a dialogue among many economists on both sides of the Iron Curtain about democracy, socialism, and markets. These discussions led to the transformations of 1989 and, unintentionally, the rise of neoliberalism. The book takes a truly transnational look at economists' professional ideas over 100 years across the capitalist West and the socialist East.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

List of Interviewees

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Economists and Socialism

1. Neoclassical Economics and Socialism: From the Beginnings to 1953

2. A New Transnational Discussion among Economists in the 1950's

3. Neoclassical Economics and Yugoslav Socialism

4. Goulash Communism and Neoclassical Economics in Hungary

5. The International Left, the International Right, and the Study of Socialism in Italy

6. Market Socialism or Capitalism? The Transnational Critique of Neoclassical Economics and the Transitions of 1989

7. Post-1989: How Transnational Socialism Became Neoliberalism without Ceasing to Exist

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804778961

0804778965

OCLC:

747038014