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Enough with the GOP's Faith-Based Economics

Some politicians believe that less regulation, spending and taxes will help the economy -- this belief comes from a longstanding blind faith in the so-called "free market."

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16. Richard Parker, "John Kenneth Galbraith:  His Life, His Politics, His Economics" (Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 2005) 535.

17. Robert Heilbroner, "The Worldly Philosophers," (New York: Touchstone, 1999) 316.

This article is a Truthout original.

John Kane is a recent graduate of New York University's Center for Global Affairs. He currently teaches political science at St. Joseph's College in Patchogue, New York, and has published in New Politics and on ZNet and Venezuelanalysis.com. He is currently preparing for doctoral work in political economy and can be reached at jkane@sjcny.edu.

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