Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism - The End of Laissez Faire?

"Institutions matter", is a common refrain amongst all economists - This book draws principally on the original institutional economics and American legal realist traditions to propose a theory of legal institutionalism or institutional political economy.

List of contents

1. Laissez Faire: The Fruitless Pursuit of a Chimera 2. Messiness Matters: The Analytical Basis of the Legal-Economic Nexus 3. Visible Hands and Corporations: Beyond the Public versus Private Separation 4. Constitutional Vulnerability, the Struggle for Human Dignity, And Monetary Sovereignty 5. Variants of Monetary Hardwiring: Money as a Governance Institution 6. Liberalism's Dark Side 7. Conclusion: Reconstructing Economics or Toward a Political Political Economy Index

About the author

Jamee K. Moudud (PhD) is a Professor of Economics at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York. He is Co-Founder and Board Member of the Law and Political Economy Collective (LPE-C), on the Steering Committee of the Association for the Promotion of Political Economy and Law (APPEAL), and is also a Co-Founder of the Journal of Law and Political Economy.

Summary

“Institutions matter”, is a common refrain amongst all economists – This book draws principally on the original institutional economics and American legal realist traditions to propose a theory of legal institutionalism or institutional political economy.

Product details

• Authors: Jamee K. Moudud, Moudud Jamee K.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032346625
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3234662-5
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Economics as Social Theory
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic history, Systems of law, Economic theory & philosophy, Public Administration, Political Economy, Economic theory and philosophy, Public administration / Public policy