Assisting the Invisible Hand : Contested Relations Between Market, State and Civil Society /

Modern liberal democracies are troubled by public problems in which the free market is no innocent bystander. It is therefore generally acknowledged that the market must be controlled. Assisting the Invisible Hand is an investigation into contemporary thinking on controlling the market, especially w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dubbink, W. (Wim)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
Series:Issues in business ethics ; 18.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents: Preface. Acknowledgements
  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: Economic Theory: The Market As Problem And Solution
  • 3: Administrative Theory: From Overload To Taking Responsibility
  • 4: Political Philosophy: Salvation By Civil Society
  • 5: State, Market And Civil Society In A New Configuration
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.