Commercial Republic: America's Enduring Debate over Democratic Capitalism

by Mike O'Connor

Book Overview

As recently as 2008, when Presidents Bush and Obama acted to bail out the nation's crashing banks and failing auto companies, the perennial objection erupted anew: government has no business in . . . business. Mike O'Connor argues in this book that those who cite history to decry government economic intervention are invoking a tradition that simply does not exist. In a cogent and timely take on this ongoing and increasingly contentious debate, O'Connor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700619712
• ISBN13: 9780700619719
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.1"