Who Stole Our Market Economy?

This book discusses the current landscape of our market economy, which is in the hands of financiers and billionaires who decrease competition as well as consumer power. In order for society to fully thrive and provide its members higher living standards and quality of life, it must distribute and deliver the fruits of the economic activity without discrimination and favoritism. This book exposes the real problem of economic inequality, poverty, and the elimination of the middle class and argues for a progressive market economy in the face of regressive conservatism. The author warns of business failures, rigid and unrealistic laws, widespread unemployment, and class warfare without a fair, functional system. Until action is taken to reverse this situation, our market economy will continue to be abused by the greedy and the powerful, stripping it of any potential for advancement and growth.

Introduces a new spin on the author's previous work on improving the market economy for the greater Stimulates a provocative debate on how best to achieve a system free of political, social, or economic bias Provides contemporary examples of how the market economy has evolved and steps to achieve its original goals

Autorentext
A. Coskun (Josh) Samli is Research Professor of Marketing and International Business at the University of North Florida, USA. He is the author and co-author of almost 300 scholarly articles, 29 books, and 31 monographs. Samli has lectured extensively in Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania, and was very active in the Fulbright Commission.

Inhalt

Preface.- Introduction.- 1. What About A Market System?.- 2. What Is Happening to the U.S. Economy?.- 3. Who Is The Culprit?.- 4. Five Deadly Social Developments.- 5: Regulation or Deregulation?.- 6 Is Merger Mania A Disease?.- 7. Outsourcing the Big Problem.- 8. The Role of Taxation.- 9. Privatization.- 10: Regaining Our Market System.- 11. Cultivating Economic Progress.- 12. What Do We Look Forward To?.- Postscript.