purpose of a book published in a series dedicated to the exploration of basic concepts. And in relation to both theory and history¦as is only appropriate given the way capitalism uses markets to allocate resources¦ there will also be ...
This benefits the wealthy and powerful, but it does not benefit the poor. This is because it requires a strong family unit to support a healthy economy. Despite this, it still works, allowing many people to benefit from the system.
This book provides a basic introduction to the 'nuts and bolts' of capitalism for the beginner.
The chapters address case studies drawn from around the world, giving attention to Europe, Africa and beyond. This is a timely reassessment of a crucial concept, which will be of great interest to scholars and students of economic history.
Sonenscher shows that many of our received ideas fail to pick up the work that the idea of capitalism is doing for us, without us even realizing it. “Capitalism” was first coined in France in the early nineteenth century.
“How Robust are Estimates of Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates: The Case of China”, International Monetary Fund Working Paper, WP/06/220. ... “World Out of Balance”, The New York Times, November 15. ... New Jersey: Pearson Education.
In this series of essays, Ayn Rand presents her stand on the persecution of big business, the causes of war, the default of conservatism, and the evils of altruism.
A scintillating conversation on capitalism and crisis from two of our most incisive political philosophers Capitalism, by the twenty-first century, has brought us an era of escalating, overlapping crisis–ecological, political, ...
Having written nine previous volumes of Nations’ critique, he again embarks on a rapturous tour of the seminal economic treatise … He presents several useful points, holding a relatively substantive discussion on the origins of the ...
Capitalism has lifted millions out of poverty.
Now with a substantial new postscript on the financial crisis This book provides a basic introduction to the 'nuts and bolts' of capitalism.
... necessary luxury, whereas they are today seen as a necessary minimal part of ordinary life, which for example cannot be seized by bailiffs since they belong to the things usually seen as compulsory for participating in normal social ...
This is how the classical economists, as well as Keynes and Kalecki, approached the issue. Anyone interested in capitalism and economics in general can gain a wealth of knowledge from this ground-breaking text.