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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very interesting book
This book is well-written. It seeks to explain why the state was rolled back further in the US and the UK than on the European continent in the 1980s: the author argues this happened because the state played a significantly more influential role in the US and the UK economies in the 60s & 70s than the state did in France and Germany, prompting a more severe backlash...
Published on October 16, 2008 by jrei10
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1 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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too academic to be more than boring
I was very disappointed with this book to the point of sending it back for a refund. It is a typical product of the retrograde condition of current US academia, roughly the equivalent of "Great Square Inches In Art." There remains a potential for interconnecting a great deal of related material, but it simply failed to address the more insightful possibilities of the the...
Published on July 17, 2008 by D. T. Anderson
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very interesting book,
By jrei10 (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Politics of Free Markets: The Rise of Neoliberal Economic Policies in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States (Paperback)
This book is well-written. It seeks to explain why the state was rolled back further in the US and the UK than on the European continent in the 1980s: the author argues this happened because the state played a significantly more influential role in the US and the UK economies in the 60s & 70s than the state did in France and Germany, prompting a more severe backlash against statism in the US and the UK. As far as academic books go, Prasad's work is eminently readable, even for general readers with an interest in the topic.
1 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Politics of Free Markets: The Rise of Neoliberal Economic Policies in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States (Paperback)
I was very disappointed with this book to the point of sending it back for a refund. It is a typical product of the retrograde condition of current US academia, roughly the equivalent of "Great Square Inches In Art." There remains a potential for interconnecting a great deal of related material, but it simply failed to address the more insightful possibilities of the the general topic.
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The Politics of Free Markets: The Rise of Neoliberal Economic Policies in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States by Monica Prasad (Paperback - July 17, 2006)
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