Following the failure of 'really existing socialism' in Eastern Europe and Asia, the market is now generally perceived, by Left and Right, to be supreme in any rational economic system. The current debate now focuses on the proper boundaries of markets rather than the system itself. This book examines the problems of defining these boundaries for t

John O'Neill is Reader in Philosophy at Lancaster University. He is the author of Ecology, Policy and Politics, and Worlds without Content-both published by Routledge.

1 In partial praise of adversaries 2 Politics, economy, neutrality 3 Economic theory and human well-being 4 The market and human well-being 5 Autonomy, freedom and market 6 Autonomy, identity and market 7 Autonomy, authority and market 8 The politics of recognition 9 Commensurability and the socialist calculation debates 10 Epistemological arguments for the market 11 Property in science and the market 12 Public choice theory: self-interest and universal economics, Postscript: markets, associations and socialism