The progressive economics writer redefines the national conversation about American freedomMike Konczal [is] one of our most powerful advocates of financial reform[a] heroic critic of austerityand a huge resource for progressives.Paul KrugmanHealth insurance, student loan debt, retirement security, child care, work-life balance, access to home ownershipthese are the issues driving Americas current political debates.And they are all linked, as this brilliant and timely book reveals, by a single question: should we allow the free market to determine our lives?In the tradition of Naomi Kleins The Shock Doctrine, noted economic commentator Mike Konczal answers this question with a resounding no.Freedom from the Market blends passionate political argument and a bold new take on American history to reveal that, from the earliest days of the republic, Americans have defined freedom as what we keep free from the control of the market. With chapters on the history of the Homestead Act