An Enquiry into the Ideology and Reality of Market and Market System

Why do markets exist? How are they maintained? What are market systems and how are they formed? This book addresses these fundamental questions and challenges the traditional view that markets and market systems are 'natural', asserting instead that they are ideologically coloured and of dubious scientific value.

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JOHN LEPPER is Research Fellow at Lancaster University, UK. His public and private sector experience includes advising Nomura, the Bank of New Zealand and the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand. He was director of a private consultancy and has taught at universities in the UK, New Zealand and China.

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PART I: MARKET: ANATOMY OF A CONCEPT Nature of Market Market Politics and Social Discourse Market and Law Market Reality and Market Beliefs Market as Science Market Application PART II: MERCANTIFER: EXPLORATIONS OF ECONOMIC REALITY Nature of Mercantifers How Mercantifers Emerge and Function Market Failure and Mercantifer Success Mercantifer Processes Types of Mercantifer Trajectories and Mercantifers Theory of Mercantifers PART III: SYSTEMS OF MERCANTIFERS Mercantifer Systems Mercantifers and Money