Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics
by George Reisman
Publisher: Jameson Books 1996
ISBN/ASIN: 0915463733
ISBN-13: 9780915463732
Number of pages: 1100
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Author rejects the Keynesian doctrine that government must adopt a policy of budget deficits to cope with unemployment, contending, to the contrary, that federal intervention in the economic system is a root cause of inflation, credit expansion, depression and mass unemployment. Reisman staunchly defends capitalists as risk-takers who raise the average worker's real wages and living standards, increasing productivity and improving the quantity and quality of goods.
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