{"product_id":"freedom-from-the-market-by-mike-konczal-9781620975374","title":"Freedom From the Market","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe progressive economics writer redefines the national conversation about American freedom. Health insurance, student loan debt, retirement savings, child care, work-life balance, access to home ownership—these are the issues driving America's current political debates. And they are all linked, as this brilliant and timely book reveals, by a single question: should we allow the free market to determine our lives?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Naomi Klein's \u003cem\u003eShock Doctrine\u003c\/em\u003e, noted economic commentator Mike Konczal answers this question with a resounding no. \u003cem\u003eFreedom from the Market\u003c\/em\u003e blends passionate political argument and a bold new take on American history to reveal that, from the earliest days of the republic, Americans have defined freedom as what we keep free from the control of the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith chapters on the history of the Homestead Act and land ownership, the eight-hour work day and free time, social insurance and Social Security, World War II day cares, Medicare and desegregation, free public colleges, intellectual property, and the public corporation, Konczal shows how citizens have fought to ensure that everyone has access to the conditions that make us free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt a time when millions of Americans—and more and more politicians—are questioning the unregulated free market as un-American, \u003cem\u003eFreedom from the Market\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new narrative and new intellectual ammunition for the fight that lies ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460836311276,"sku":"9781620975374","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781620975374-freedom-from-the-market.jpg?v=1774953889","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/freedom-from-the-market-by-mike-konczal-9781620975374","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}