A Failure of Capitalism
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A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression is a 2009 book by legal scholar Richard Posner. The text was initially published on May 1, 2009, by Harvard University Press. Posner criticizes President George W. Bush and his administration's policies and the response to the fiscal crisis,[1] and moves away from his past well-known advocacy of free-market capitalism.[2] The book has been primarily noted not for his criticism of progressive government policies, but rather his critique of laissez-faire capitalism and its ideologues.[3][4]
Author | Richard Posner |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Critique of laissez-faire capitalism |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date | May 1, 2009 |
Media type | Print, e-book |
Pages | 368 pp. (1st edition) |
ISBN | 978-0674035140 |
Followed by | The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy |
The book has been received with generally good reviews from the press, including The New York Times,[5] but the reception has not been universally positive.[6]