An Enquiry into the Ideology and Reality of Market and Market System

JOHN LEPPER is Research Fellow at Lancaster University, UK. His public and private sector experience includes advising Nomura, the Bank of New Zealand and the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand. He was director of a private consultancy and has taught at universities in the UK, New Zealand and China.

PART I: MARKET: ANATOMY OF A CONCEPT Nature of Market Market Politics and Social Discourse Market and Law Market Reality and Market Beliefs Market as Science Market Application  PART II: MERCANTIFER: EXPLORATIONS OF ECONOMIC REALITY Nature of Mercantifers How Mercantifers Emerge and Function Market Failure and Mercantifer Success Mercantifer Processes Types of Mercantifer Trajectories and Mercantifers Theory of Mercantifers  PART III: SYSTEMS OF MERCANTIFERS Mercantifer Systems Mercantifers and Money