The Profit Doctrine : Economists of the Neoliberal Era

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Prophets and Profits -- 2 The Contest of Economic Ideas: Survival of the Richest -- 3 The Consequences of Economic Ideas -- 4 Milton Friedman: The Godfather of the Age of Instability and Inequality -- 5 The Deregulationists: Public Choice and Private Gain -- 6 The Great Vacation: Rational Expectations and Real Business Cycles -- 7 Bursting Bubbles: Finance, Crisis and the Efficient Market Hypothesis -- 8 Economists Go to Washington: Ideas in Action -- 9 Conclusion: Dissenters and Victors -- Bibliography -- Index