Economic theory may be speculative, but its impact is powerful and real. Since the 1970s, it has been closely associated with a sweeping change around the world--the "market turn." This is what Avner Offer and Gabriel Söderberg call the rise of market liberalism, a movement that, seeking to...

Introduction -- Ideology, leadership and capitalism -- The impact of industrialization -- The new global economy -- The profit problem -- Solving the profit riddle -- The social case against capitalism -- Liberating the gulag -- Conclusion