Description: Just like the other books in the P.I.G. series, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism pulls no punches. Murphy defends the free market on such sensitive issues as safety regulations, racial discrimination, and child labor laws, all in a breezy manner that is anything but textbook.
Brief description:
Robert P. Murphy is an economist who has worked in both academia and the private sector. After receiving his PhD from NYU in 2003, he taught economics at Hillsdale College. He has written articles for such scholarly journals as The Journal of the History of Economic Thought and The American Journal of Economics and Sociology and has written frequently for popular audiences on economics and politics. He works as an econometrician and lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and son.
Review Quotes:
"You've heard the anticapitalist lies a million times. Now Robert Murphy tells the truth: capitalism created civilization and sustains it. Without capitalism, the human population would mostly die off, with the survivors living in caves."
-- "Lew Rockwell, president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, vice president of the Center for Libertarian Studies, and publisher of LewRockwell.com"