Bibliograph

The big myth, how American business taught us to loathe government and love the free market, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway

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The big myth, how American business taught us to loathe government and love the free market, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 430-546) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The big myth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1369492221

Responsibility statement

Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway

Sub title

how American business taught us to loathe government and love the free market

Summary

In the early 20th century, business elites, trade associations, wealthy powerbrokers, and media allies set out to build a new American orthodoxy: down with "big government" and up with unfettered markets. With startling archival evidence, Oreskes and Conway document campaigns to rewrite textbooks, combat unions, and defend child labor. They detail the ploys that turned hardline economists Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman into household names; recount the libertarian roots of the Little House on the Prairie books; and tune into the General Electric-sponsored TV show that beamed free-market doctrine to millions and launched Ronald Reagan's political career

Target audience

adult

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How American business taught us to loathe government and love the free market

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