ABSTRACT

Frank Machovec argues that the assumption of perfect information has done untold economic damage. It has provided the rationale for active state intervention and has obscured the extent to which entrepreneurial activity depends upon the exploitation of asymmetric information.

chapter 1|13 pages

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

chapter 2|38 pages

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

chapter 3|44 pages

THE MAGNETIC LURE OF MARKET SOCIALISM

chapter 6|42 pages

THE PERFECTLY COMPETITIVE MODEL:

EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?

chapter 7|35 pages

COMPETITION AND THE LAW

chapter 8|14 pages

EVOLUTION VERSUS REVOLUTION:

THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM

chapter 10|26 pages

PERFECT COMPETITION:

ASCENDANCE AND IMPACT ON HABITS OF THOUGHT

chapter 11|6 pages

STYLIZED ASSESSMENT OF GAIN VERSUS PAIN

chapter 12|17 pages

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS