Dynamic Markets and Conventional Ignorance The Great American Dilemm

In this follow up to From a Market Economy to a Finance Economy, Samli reflects on his more than half a century of economic experience and research, maintaining that financiers, the government and many decision makers in both politics and the economy, do

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Dynamic Markets and Conventional Ignorance The Great American Dilemma

A. COSKUN SAMLI

DYNAMIC MARKETS AND CONVENTIONAL IGNORANCE

Copyright © A. Coskun Samli, 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-37255-0 All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-47617-6 ISBN 978-1-137-37021-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137370211 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Samli, A. Coskun. Dynamic markets and conventional ignorance : the great American dilemma / A. Coskun Samli. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Capitalism—United States. 2. Distribution (Economic theory) I. Title. HB501.S27677 2013 330.12⬘20973—dc23

2013030932

A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: January 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

This book is dedicated to those who believe the market system can be activated to benefit the whole society.

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Contents

List of Exhibitss

ix

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xv

About This Book

xvii

Introduction 1 What Is a Market Economy?

1 5

2 Financial Conservatism Does Not Work

17

3 Industrial Giants Are a Major Block

25

4 The Needed Change in the Orientation

37

5 A Totally Unknown Concept: Marketing Multiplier

49

6 Activating the Marketing Multiplier

59

7 Government: A Leader and a Partner

71

8 Managing the Outsourcing

81

9 Innovation Is the Answer

95

Appendix to Chapter 9: Dependence on Renewable Energy for Sustainability 10 What about Infrastructure? Lessons from International Experiences

109 117

viii

Contents

Appendix to Chapter 10: Infrastructure Must Be Taken Seriously

135

11 What Is at Risk?

139

12 Returning to the Market Economy

151

13 The Future of the American Market System

163

14 Needed: A Constructive Vision

171

Postscript

177

About the Author

179

References

181

Index

187

Exhibits

1.1 2.1 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 7.1 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9-A 10.1

The finance economy in short How innovations are blocked Anti-economic progress practices Organizational anti-economic progress What should the government do to use the almost dormant market mechanism Needed changes in corporate orientation A simple illustration of a multiplier Innovation-based marketing multiplier The search for key industr