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Government and Markets

Toward a New Theory of Regulation

By: Edward J. Balleisen,David A. Moss

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Government and Markets

Toward a New Theory of Regulation

By: Edward J. Balleisen,David A. Moss

After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in the possibility of constructive governance, alongside public calls for new, smarter regulation. Yet there is a real danger that regulatory reforms will be rooted in outdated ideas. As the financial crisis has shown, neither traditional market failure models nor public choice theory, by themselves, sufficiently inform or explain our current regulatory challenges. Regulatory studies, long neglected in an atmosphere focused on deregulatory work, is in critical need of new models and theories that can guide effective policy-making. This interdisciplinary volume points the way toward the modernization of regulatory theory. Its essays by leading scholars move past predominant approaches, integrating the latest research about the interplay between human behavior, societal needs, and regulatory institutions. The book concludes by setting out a potential research agenda for the social sciences.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521118484

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Fraud

An American History from Barnum to Madoff

By: Edward J. Balleisen

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Fraud

An American History from Barnum to Madoff

By: Edward J. Balleisen

A comprehensive history of fraud in America, from the early nineteenth century to the subprime mortgage crisis In America, fraud has always been a key feature of business, and the national worship of entrepreneurial freedom complicates the task of distinguishing salesmanship from deceit. In this sweeping narrative, Edward Balleisen traces the history of fraud in America—and the evolving efforts to combat it—from the age of P. T. Barnum through the eras of Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff. This unprecedented account describes the slow, piecemeal construction of modern institutions to protect consumers and investors—from the Gilded Age through the New Deal and the Great Society. It concludes with the more recent era of deregulation, which has brought with it a spate of costly frauds, including corporate accounting scandals and the mortgage-marketing debacle. By tracing how Americans have struggled to foster a vibrant economy without encouraging a corrosive level of cheating, Fraud reminds us that American capitalism rests on an uneasy foundation of social trust.

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Princeton University Press

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0691183074

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Navigating Failure

Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America

By: Edward J. Balleisen

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Navigating Failure

Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America

By: Edward J. Balleisen

The "self-made" man is a familiar figure in nineteenth-century American history. But the relentless expansion of market relations that facilitated such stories of commercial success also ensured that individual bankruptcy would become a prominent feature in the nation's economic landscape. In this ambitious foray into the shifting character of American capitalism, Edward Balleisen explores the economic roots and social meanings of bankruptcy, assessing the impact of widespread insolvency on the evolution of American law, business culture, and commercial society. Balleisen makes innovative use of the rich and previously overlooked court records generated by the 1841 Federal Bankruptcy Act, building his arguments on the commercial biographies of hundreds of failed business owners. He crafts a nuanced account of how responses to bankruptcy shaped two opposing elements of capitalist society in mid-nineteenth-century America--an entrepreneurial ethos grounded in risk taking and the ceaseless search for new markets, new products, and new ways of organizing economic activity, and an urban, middle-class sensibility increasingly averse to the dangers associated with independent proprietorship and increasingly predicated on salaried, white-collar employment.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807875503

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Navigating Failure

Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America

By: Edward J. Balleisen

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Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America

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Fraud

An American History from Barnum to Madoff

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An American History from Barnum to Madoff

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Government and Markets

Toward a New Theory of Regulation

By: Edward J. Balleisen,David A. Moss

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Toward a New Theory of Regulation

By: Edward J. Balleisen,David A. Moss

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