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Money Talks

Alan Greenspan's Free Market Rhetoric and the Tragic Legacy of Reaganomics

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  1. Geoffrey D. Klinger

    1. DePauw University, Greencastle, USA

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  2. Jennifer Adams

    1. DePauw University, Greencastle, USA

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  3. Kevin Howley

    1. DePauw University, Greencastle, USA

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  • Charts the last 40 years of American history and the impact of free market policies upon it
  • Combines economic understanding with rhetorical analysis to highlight how neoliberal policies were sold
  • Explores economic policy and the legacy of Reaganomics in an accessible manner

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Painting by Numbers—Decoding the Discourse of Economics

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 1-11

  3. American Dream: Manufacturing Monetary Miasma

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 13-30

  4. Bread and Circuses, or Poppies to Make You Sleep

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 31-50

  5. Children of the Revolution: Reaganomics as Free Market Redux

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 51-69

  6. Spirits in the Material World: Alan Greenspan and the Newspeak Economy

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 71-89

  7. (Misery at the) Funplex: From Ideology to Imagology

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 91-106

  8. Public Image Limited, or He Blind(er)ed Me with Silence

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 107-129

  9. (Tell Me Why) I Don’t Like Mondays: The Crash of 1987

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 131-142

  10. Vision Thing: The Savings and Loan Debacle

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 143-159

  11. Who You Fighting For? Desert Storm and the Recession of 1990

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 161-175

  12. Telling Stories: Interrogating “Irrational Exuberance”

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 177-192

  13. The Disappointed: The “Great Recession” of 2008

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 193-212

  14. Tired of Sleeping: Trumped Up Trickle Down

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 213-233

  15. Epilogue: We Can’t Make It Here—Moving Beyond the Free Market

    • Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley
    Pages 235-240

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 241-265
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About this book

This book explores the American freemarket economy, espoused by Alan Greenspan, the longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve, through decoding the discourse of economics. Combining an analysis of both economics and language, the legacy of Reaganomics is examined in relation to economic inequality, fiscal policy, public discourse, and the moral economy. How notions of easy money, conspicuous consumption, and unlimited economic growth were harnessed to justify the Free Market revolution is also discussed.

This book aims to highlight the drivers of modern inequality and economic distress. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought and economic discourse.

Authors and Affiliations

  • DePauw University, Greencastle, USA

    Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley

About the authors

Geoff Klinger (1966-2021) was Professor of Rhetoric and Director of Forensics at DePauw University. His research and teaching interests included the connection between rhetoric and social theory; political communication; presidential, civil rights, and business rhetoric; and Supreme Court decisions.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Money Talks

  • Book Subtitle: Alan Greenspan's Free Market Rhetoric and the Tragic Legacy of Reaganomics

  • Authors: Geoffrey D. Klinger, Jennifer Adams, Kevin Howley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00816-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-00815-3Published: 22 July 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-00818-4Published: 22 July 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-00816-0Published: 20 July 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 265

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Social Sciences, general

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