ABSTRACT

The Market Revolution and its limits summarises why many economists believe that markets are best. It explores how even 'market failures' can be given market solutions, and asks why market ideas seem to have taken such a firm hold. Non-polemical in its approach, this book provides a comprehensive appraisal of the market and its alternatives, backed up with empirical international illustrations.
Shipman concludes that the 'revolution' lies in redefining the market process rather than the market outcome.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

The market revolution

chapter 1|25 pages

What markets are

chapter 4|44 pages

Markets as engines of growth

chapter 7|24 pages

Mediated alternatives

Administered and informed transaction

chapter 8|49 pages

The firm

Redesigning the market

chapter 9|47 pages

The international market

chapter 10|30 pages

Market rewards

The distribution of income

chapter 11|50 pages

Disinventing government

The state goes on sale

chapter 12|36 pages

Conclusion

Its limits