Subject Index

David M. Ricci

Subject Index

academic imperialism, 43–44

advertising, 41–43, 59, 88–89, 135n40, 156n144, 186n272

Age of Populism, 3, 4, 22, 24–25, 89–90, 91, 92, 102–103, 125

agenda setting, 218n415

America, 4–7, 24, 72–73

American democracy, 13, 16–17, 94

American Dream, 7, 47–48

American exceptionalism, 24–25, 113, 119–121, 122

American Liberalism, 120–123

anxieties, 4–6

autonomous vehicles, 107–108, 109, 166n196

bargaining power, 56, 176n234, 177n235

behavioral economics, 156n143, 213n394

Brexit, 7, 135n41

carbon tax, 78–79

change, 200n337

citizenship, 16–17, 93

climate change, 78–79, 166n194

Coase Theorem, 169n204

cognitive capture, 48–49

Cold War, 6, 11, 164n185

comparative advantage, 73

Constitution, 17, 81, 84, 86, 96, 207n367

consumer sovereignty, 41, 42, 77, 84

contrived markets, 70, 114

creative destruction, 2, 12, 17, 29, 50–55, 62, 64, 91, 96–97, 99–100, 103, 118–119, 125

economic growth, 12, 29, 45, 61, 101, 110–111, 116, 173n219

neoliberalism, 90, 119, 123, 167n200

Declaration of Independence, 122, 134n36

Delaware, 222n436

demand, 46, 195n321

democracy, 16–17, 83–84, 93–94, 97

disruption, 1, 53, 96, 164n190

innovation, 2, 35, 51, 52, 53–54, 80, 85, 110–111, 118–119

driverless cars, 107–108, 109, 166n196

economic competition, 71, 106, 126

economic creativity, 45, 49, 57, 101, 107–109, 134n39

economic growth, 27, 36–38, 43, 45–47, 54, 56–57, 61, 77–80, 85, 165n191, 166n192

creative destruction, 12, 29, 45, 61, 101, 110–111, 116, 173n219

economics, 27–28, 29–32, 36–37, 38–39, 45, 47–48, 49–50, 55–56, 57–58, 188n289, 223n440

Edgeworth Boxes, 40, 56, 85

efficient market hypothesis, 214n397

Elkins Act (1903), 150n119

empathy, 161n176

entrepreneurs, 71–73, 80, 103, 115, 117, 119, 177n234

epistemic rot, 211n387

equilibrium, 34, 40, 43

externalities, 77–78, 168n204, 182n255

Facebook, 118, 164n189, 165n190

famine, 186n270

financial crisis, 161n176, 161n177, 171n214, 193n311, 214n397

free trade, 73–74, 116–117

GDP (gross domestic product), 35, 36, 37, 74, 87, 154n133

Glass-Steagall Act (1933), 174n223

global warming, 78–79

globalization, 71–72, 116–117, 167n198

greed, 233n485

gross domestic product (GDP) see GDP (gross domestic product)

groupthink, 149n112

health care services, 82–83

homo economicus, 66, 67–68, 69–70, 71, 103–105, 115

homo politicus, 66–67, 93, 98

humanism, 94–96, 99, 154n130, 229n469

identity politics, 8–9

ideology, 79–80

income distribution, 117–118

inequality, 70, 83, 118, 124, 125

inflation, 215n400

informed voluntarism, 40 see also voluntary exchanges.

innovation, 2, 35, 51, 52, 53–54, 80, 85, 110–111, 118–119 see also disruption.

interest rates, 215n400

invisible hand, 34, 57, 114, 203n349

late-stage feudalism, 63, 120, 122

liberalism, 63–64, 100–101, 120–123, 170n210, 170n211, 172n218

list syndrome, 111–112, 119

Luddites, 54

mainstream economics, 29–32, 34–35, 43, 48, 61, 64, 153n129, 171n214, 171n215

economic growth, 36–38

equilibrium, 34

GDP, 35

invisible hand, 34

markets, 36

methodological individualism, 32

prices, 33–34

rational calculations, 32–33

self-interest, 33

utility, 33, 34

marginal utility theory, 56, 70, 73, 83, 117, 153n127

market-based society, 69–70

markets, 36, 105–107, 114, 123, 124–125, 126–127, 168n203

contrived, 70, 114

natural, 70–71, 105, 232n479

real, 106–107

MarketWorld, 158n155

Marxism, 57–60, 79

materiality paradox, 186n274

McCarthyism, 6, 133n33, 134n35

methodological individualism, 32, 39–40, 42

Microsoft Word, 118

middle class, 28, 84–87, 224n444

multiversities, 19–22, 61

Native Americans, 181n250

natural markets, 70–71, 105, 232n479

neoliberalism, 12, 49, 79, 80, 87, 100, 103, 111, 115, 116–117, 123–124

creative destruction, 90, 119, 123, 167n200

democracy, 83–84

entrepreneurs, 71–73, 177n234

free trade, 73–74, 117

homo economicus, 62–67, 68–69

homo politicus, 66–67, 93, 98

market-based society, 69–70

markets, 70–71, 114

public goods, 81, 82–83

scarcity, 76, 77, 79

shareholders, 74–75

New Deal, 5, 65, 124

Nordic countries, 190n294

pluralism, 14–15, 97, 136n47

political action, 124, 125–126

political contributions, 83–84, 201n338, 232n476

political economy, 188n289

political science, 2–3, 9–10, 11, 13–16, 17–18, 45, 63, 92–94, 97–100, 101–102, 110, 114–115

political stories, 59–60, 74, 111–114

populism, 1–2, 6–9, 12, 25, 87–88

positional goods, 186n273

power, 98–99, 104

prices, 33–34, 78

progress, 200n337

pseudo-events, 198n330

public choice theory, 150n117, 150n118

public goods, 17, 81–83, 89

rational calculations, 32–33, 40, 41, 213n395, 223n440

real markets, 106–107

realism, 54, 102

redistribution, 124–125

resources, 38, 76–77

retraining programs, 115–116

scarcity, 38, 76–77, 79–80, 88

science, 18, 22–23, 25–26

self-interest, 33

shareholders, 74–75, 109

social choice theory, 218n415

social contract, 18, 67, 218n413

Social Darwinists, 172n217

spin, 42–43, 196n326

stakeholders, 75, 109

stock buybacks, 214n399

supply, 46–47, 179n244

Tea Party, 212n389

technology, 186n272

Temple of Science metaphor, 22–25, 26–27, 61

truth, 31, 88–90, 203n345, 209n379

tyranny, 100–101, 103, 112

unemployment, 133n34

United States, 4–7, 24, 72–73, 207n367

universities, 18–22

utility, 33, 34, 37, 38, 40

value, 36, 51, 89

venture capital, 184n262

venue shopping, 116

VMP (value of marginal product), 176n234

Volkswagen, 234n486

voluntary exchanges, 40, 41–43, 56–57

wages, theory of, 176n234

Walmart, 177n235, 180n249

wars, costs of, 171n213

welfare, 35, 36, 43

Winner-Take-All Society, 83

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