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The Illusion of Free Markets: Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order

By Bernard E. Harcourt

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780674059368, 0674059360, 9780674057265, 0674057260
DOI
10.2307/j.ctvjhzpv2
LCC
HV9950 .H393 2011
Google Books ID
LW8I66EGmfcC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
955 kB (977413 bytes)
Pages
336\337
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2023-08-25 14:32:36

Description

Harcourt argues that the way we think about markets has distorted the way we think about criminal justice, to the detriment of both spheres. He calls to task the conceptualization of market exchange as “free" and “natural," an idea he traces back to the 18th-century French Physiocrats, and finds reinforced in modern neoliberal theory. This “illusion" continues to contribute to the expansion of American penality, as those who bypass the natural order of the market system are subject to policing and punishment by a government whose primary purpose is to protect the unfettered operation of capitalism.

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