and the centripetal power of New York in the world of finance, America has come to symbolize capitalism for two centuries and more. But an understanding of the history of American capitalism is as elusive as it is urgent. What does it mean to make capitalism a subject of historical inquiry...
Based on a timely reassessment of the classic arguments of Schumpeter, Weber, Hayek, and Parsons, this book suggests new answers to those questions. The large question here is: why are some countries rich and others not? Taking an approach grounded in Weber, Schumpeter, and Hayek, the author...
Christopher Gunn.Book Review: America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy Gar Alperovitz; Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2005, 315 pp. + index, $24.95 (hardback), $14.95 (paperback).Review of Radical Political Economics.2008...
The article reviews the book "America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy" by Gar Alperovitz.doi:10.1177/0309816813489943hSeda-IrizarryI. J.Capital & Class
America and capitalism.(American Capitalism: Social Thought and Political Economy in the Twentieth Century)(Book review)Brand, Horst
Marx’s core critique of capitalism remains eerily relevant. He argued that capitalism inherently generates inequality, with the wealthy owning the means of production (factories, machines) and exploiting the labor of the working class for profit. Today, we see this play out in stark income gaps...
Uses case studies and analysis from Europe, North America, Australia, and China Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication (PSMEC) 37k Accesses 44 Citations 59 Altmetric This...
s time to reclaim the political conversation before America turns full-fascist. Whatever the reason, the CEOs of this great nation published their own manifesto under the august umbrella of the Business Roundtable. In it, they finally …Continue reading“Now that CEOs found purpose, what are ...
Trump’s America Is Party Time for the Corporate Elite Posted onJune 15, 2016 Democracy in Decline: An Interview with Phil Kotler Philip Kotler’s upcoming book – Democracy in Decline: Rebuilding its Future describes 14 symptoms of a sick democracy: #1. Voter Literacy & Turnout #2. Quality...
I would say that Anti-Oedipus (may its authors forgive me) is a book of ethics, the first book of ethics to be written in France in quite a long time (perhaps that explains why its success was not limited to a particular "readership": being anti-oedipal has become a life style, a ...