America's Free Market Myths: Debunking Market Fundamentalism (Hardcover, 2017)

Introduction I. Economics 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 II. Socio-Economic Myth 6. Exceptional Living Standards Myth 7. An Egalitarian Nation III. Political-Economic 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 IV. The Crash and Bailouts Myth 12. The Government Caused the Crash of 2007-08 Myth 13. The Bailouts' Purpose Was to Save the Free Market Economy