This forcefully argued book offers a provocative picture of the political, intellectual, and economic forces that have shaped the history of the United States, offering an extensive and in-depth critique of laissez-faire doctrine and a novel reformulation of the work of American System writers, Gibson traces America's rise to global supremacy.

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"This is a masterful book. Gibson deftly outlines the current debate over whether government should play a role in promoting economic growth and advancing the general welfare, and traces it to fundamental ideological divides among America s founding statesmen. His critique of the laissez-faire model that now dominates U.S. political thought is both passionate and persuasive." - Kitty Calavita, Chancellor s Professor Emerita, University of California Irvine, and author of Big Money Crime: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis

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DONALD GIBSON is Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg, USA.

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Book Title: Wealth, Power, and the Crisis of Laissez Faire Capitalism
Authors: Donald Gibson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119772
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-11487-6Published: 14 June 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29614-9Published: 14 June 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11977-2Published: 04 July 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 303
Topics: International Political Economy, Political History, International Relations, History of the Americas, Political Science, US History

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