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Capitalism, Alone : The Future of the System That Rules the World / Branko Milanovic.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780674242852
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.122 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 1. The Contours of the Post–Cold War World -- 2. Liberal Meritocratic Capitalism -- 3. Political Capitalism -- 4. The Interaction of Capitalism and Globalization -- 5. The Future of Global Capitalism -- Appendix A. The Place of Communism in Global History -- Appendix B. Hypercommercialization and Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand” -- Appendix C. Some Methodological Issues and Definitions -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: For the first time in history, the globe is dominated by one economic system. Capitalism prevails because it delivers prosperity and meets desires for autonomy. But it also is unstable and morally defective. Surveying the varieties and futures of capitalism, Branko Milanovic offers creative solutions to improve a system that isn’t going anywhere.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 1. The Contours of the Post–Cold War World -- 2. Liberal Meritocratic Capitalism -- 3. Political Capitalism -- 4. The Interaction of Capitalism and Globalization -- 5. The Future of Global Capitalism -- Appendix A. The Place of Communism in Global History -- Appendix B. Hypercommercialization and Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand” -- Appendix C. Some Methodological Issues and Definitions -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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For the first time in history, the globe is dominated by one economic system. Capitalism prevails because it delivers prosperity and meets desires for autonomy. But it also is unstable and morally defective. Surveying the varieties and futures of capitalism, Branko Milanovic offers creative solutions to improve a system that isn’t going anywhere.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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