Understanding Capitalism (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
592
Utgivningsdatum
2017-12-14
Upplaga
4
Förlag
OUP USA
Medarbetare
Roosevelt, Frank / Edwards, Richard / Larudee, Mehrene
Dimensioner
251 x 201 x 23 mm
Vikt
1062 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780190610937

Understanding Capitalism

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Andrew Farrant, Dickinson College A good contested exchange alternative to a traditional textbook. Ideal for use in an economics class with an interdisciplinary focus.

Dr. Jared Ragusett, Central Connecticut State University
This is a versatile, comprehensive textbook that introduces undergraduate students to the principles of political economy. In contrast to conventional textbooks, it develops analytical tools for understanding capitalism that are not celebratory of capitalism. Those tools are not presented in isolation, but are integrated with the traditional topics and principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics.

James A. Polito, Marian University
Understanding Capitalism is an (advanced) introductory to intermediate level textbook that seeks to explain the economic behavior of individuals, firms and the government in the context of capitalism as a dynamic economic system.

Ed Ford, University of South Florida
When students have been asked to rate the text on a 1 (low) to 5 (high) basis the average has been between 4 and 4.5The technical level of the text does not seem to be an issue. In fact students remark that it is refreshingly readable in comparison with other economics texts.

Jonathan Cogliano, Dickinson College Understanding Capitalism is a great introduction to political economy and an excellent alternative to standard texts for introducing students to economics in general. The text's framework and analysis help students develop a critical perspective on the economic and social world around them, like no other textbook on the market does.

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Samuel Bowles is Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and Professor of Economics at the University of Siena, Italy. Richard Edwards is Professor of Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Frank Roosevelt is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Sarah Lawrence College. Mehrene Larudee is Visiting Associate Professor at Hampshire College.

Innehållsförteckning

PART 1: POLITICAL ECONOMY CHAPTER 1: Capitalism Shakes the World The Permanent Technological Revolution Which Came First: Technology or Capitalism? The Enrichment of Material Life Growing Inequality The Population Explosion and the Growth of Cities The Changing Nature of Work The Transformation of the Family Threats to the Ecosystem The Effects of Climate Change Contamination New Roles for Government Globalization Conclusion CHAPTER 2: People, Preferences, and Society Constraints, Preferences, and Beliefs "Economic Man" Reconsidered Human Nature and Cultural Differences The Economy Produces People Conclusion: The Cooperative Species CHAPTER 3: A Three-Dimensional Approach to Economics Economic Systems and Capitalism Three-Dimensional Economics Competition Command Change Neoclassical Economics Values in Political Economy Efficiency Fairness Democracy Balancing efficiency, fairness, and democracy Conclusion CHAPTER 4: The Surplus Product: Conflict and Change Economic Interdependence, Production, and Reproduction Production Links Between Production and Reproduction A Labor Process Example: Making Pancakes The Surplus Product A Model of Production and Reproduction Who Gets the Surplus? Enlarging the Surplus Application of Model to Labor The Surplus Product and Change Conclusion CHAPTER 5: Capitalism as an Economic System Class and Class Relationships Classes and Economic Systems Slavery Feudalism Distinctions among Economic Systems Capitalism Commodities Privately Owned Capital Goods Wage Labor Capitalism, the Surplus Product, and Profits Conclusion CHAPTER 6: Government and the Economy Rules of the Game: Government and the Capitalist Economy The Emergence of Modern Legal Forms of Corporate Business From Competition to Monopoly From National to Transnational Democratic Government as Collective Provision for the General Welfare Government and the Distribution of Income, Wealth, and Welfare in the 19th Century Contention between Capital and Labor over Rules Voter turnout in the U.S. and around the world Democracy in the 20th Century Conclusion CHAPTER 7: U.S. Capitalism: Accumulation and Change Accumulation as a Source of Change The Accumulation of Process Competition for Profits Social Structures of Accumulation Changing Strategies for Profit-Making Consolidation and Decay of an SSA The Stages of American Capitalism in the United States Competitive capitalism (1860s-1898) Competitive capitalism (1860s-1898) Corporate capitalism (1898-1939) Regulated capitalism (1939-1991) Transnational capitalism (1991- ) U.S. Capitalism: Labor Organizing and Labor Markets The Rise and Fall of Labor Unions Segmented labor markets U.S. Capitalism Today is Transnational Immigration Shifts in what U.S. Labor Produces Fragmenting Global Production Rules for the Global Economy Tax Motives for TNCs to Go Global Corporate Stock Buybacks and Falling Productive Investment Conclusion PART 2: MICROECONOMICS CHAPTER 8: Supply and Demand: How Markets Work The Nature of Markets Demand and Supply Demand Supply Demand and Supply Interacting Shifts in Demand or Supply Conclusion CHAPTER 9: Competition and Coordination: The Invisible Hand Adam Smith and Laissez-Faire Economics Coordination Coordination by Rules and by Command The Limits of Coordination by Command The Invisible Hand The Invisible Hand in Action Problems with the Invisible Hand Market Failure Negative externalities as market failures Positive externalities as market failures Monopoly as a market failure Coordination Failure The Prisoner's Dilemma and the Benefits of Cooperation The Tragedy of the Common Conclusion CHAPTER 10: Capitalist Production and Profits What Are Profits? Profits from a Production Process Calculating Profit and Other Property Incomes in the Whole Economy Profit in a Grain-Growing Capitalist Economy Calculating the Rate of Profit The Corporate Profit Rate in the U.S. Corporations and Other Businesses: Who Gets the Profit or Bears the Loss? Corporations