1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785830603321

Titolo

Contract and organisation [[electronic resource] ] : legal analysis in the light of economic and social theory / / edited by Terence Daintith and Gunther Teubner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : W. de Gruyter, 1986

ISBN

3-11-090499-3

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Series A--Law = Droit ; ; 5

Classificazione

PI 5020

Altri autori (Persone)

DaintithTerence

TeubnerGunther

Disciplina

343/.07

342.37

Soggetti

Law - Philosophy

Sociological jurisprudence

Contracts

Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- I. Introduction -- Sociological Jurisprudence and Legal Economics: Risks and Rewards / DAINTITH, TERENCE / TEUBNER, GUNTHER -- II. General Framework -- Law as an Instrument of Rational Practice / ALBERT, HANS -- Social Science Models in Economic Law / WIETHÖLTER, RUDOLF -- Where the Legal Action is: Critical Legal Studies and Empiricism / TRUBEK, DAVID M. -- III. Contract -- The Use of Economics to Elucidate Legal Concepts: The Law of Contract / HARRIS, DONALD R. / VELJANOVSKI, CENTO G. -- Some Notes on the Economic Analysis of Contract Law / ROMANI, FRANCO -- Neo-Institutional Economic Theory: Issues of Landlord and Tenant Law / SCHMID, A. ALLAN -- Quality Regulation in Consumer Goods Markets: Theoretical Concepts and Practical Examples / JOERGES, CHRISTIAN -- The Design and Performance of Long-Term Contracts / DAINTITH, TERENCE -- IV. Organisation -- The Contribution of Economics to Legal Analysis: The Concept of the Firm / FARJAT, GERARD -- Potential and Limits of Economic Analysis: The Constitution of the Firm / SCHANZE, ERICH --



From Old to New Monism: An Approach to an Economic Theory of the "Constitution" of the Firm / KRAUSE, DETLEF -- Codetermination and Property Rights Theory / GOTTHOLD, JÜRGEN -- Industrial Democracy Through Law? Social Functions of Law in Institutional Innovations / TEUBNER, GUNTHER -- Federal Aspects of Corporate Law and Economic Theory / BUXBAUM, RICHARD M . -- Authors' Biographical Sketches -- Index

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910255034603321

Autore

Shaanan Joseph

Titolo

America's Free Market Myths : Debunking Market Fundamentalism / / by Joseph Shaanan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319506364

3319506366

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 303 p.)

Disciplina

330.12

Soggetti

Economics

Economics - History

Economic history

Political Economy and Economic Systems

History of Economic Thought and Methodology

Economy-wide Country Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Myth 1. America Has Free Markets -- Myth 2. A Great Wall Separates Politics and the Economy -- Myth 3. The Less Government, The Better -- Myth 4. Deregulation Always Improves the Economy -- Myth 5. The Economy Has Superior Efficiency -- Myth 6.Exceptional Living Standards -- Myth 7. An Egalitarian Nation -- Myth 8. Free Markets Protect Democracy -- Myth 9. Corporations Represent Economic Freedom -- Myth 10. Free Market and Laissez Faire Are the Same -- Myth 11. A Free Market Nation Does Not Need a Society --



Myth 12. The Government Caused the Crash of 2007-08 -- Myth 13. The Bailouts' Purpose Was to Save the Free Market Economy.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes and refutes thirteen ideas involving free market principles and the US economic system, arguing that these (mostly familiar) ideas are myths. The myths are deeply ingrained in the United States' self-image and in political discourse, and are hailed as indisputable, scientifically grounded truths. Unfortunately, an economy dominated by giant corporations bears little resemblance to a free market. So why is so much effort and expense devoted to disseminating these stories? The answer is simple. The different myths generate the recommendation that the system's rewards should flow upward to corporations and a small group of wealthy and politically influential people. The myths help entrench existing economic and political power while distancing America from a more productive and widely beneficial form of capitalism.