Capitalist Alternatives

Author : Paul Dragos Aligica,Vlad Tarko
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317654735

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The book's objective is to explore the challenge of thinking methodically - in a theoretically and empirically informed way - about alternative forms of capitalism. What are the most effective ways to conceptualize the existing models of capitalism that have captured the public imagination and are currently floating around in the public debate? How can one mobilize empirical analysis and theory in thinking about the realm of possibilities and about the future of economic order, but avoid the twin perils of scientism and historicism? This book is an attempt to respond to these and related challenges. First, it delves into the substantive aspect of the debate, taking a closer look at a set of particular forms and models of capitalism that are currently discussed both in mass media and in academic circles as plausible, or at least possible, alternatives to the status quo: Crony, State, Regulatory, and Entrepreneurial Capitalisms. By elaborating and clarifying those models, it engages in a heuristic exercise that leads to a better understanding of the task of conceptualizing and assessing, in a theoretically informed way, the diversity of forms of capitalism. Second, the book takes a step further, looking at the epistemic, theoretical and methodological dimensions of the discussion: What is involved, more precisely, in our classifying and theorizing of capitalist systems and their historical evolution? What is the epistemic basis for building plausible conjectures about the future evolution of an economic system? What are the logical and methodological parameters of our endeavors that deal with economic systems, or with the problem of continuity and change in comparative economic systems? Offering an original approach to the problem of alternative forms of capitalism, this book will be of great interest to scholars working in the field of comparative political economy.

Author : Richard Swift
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781771131575

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SOS by Richard Swift Pdf

Financial collapse and crisis; disgust at bankers’ greed; the devastating effects of yawning inequality: all these and more have led to widespread dissatisfaction and disenchantment with capitalism. People are crying out for an alternative but are continually told that one does not exist. Richard Swift proves this to be wrong with style and assurance. With capitalism vulnerable and out-of-step in the wake of financial crises this book investigates the alternatives that are on offer—including socialism, social democracy, anarchism, ecology and degrowth. Combining the practical with the visionary, he shows that finding alternatives to capitalism is no longer an academic issue for the left—it is an urgent planetary necessity.

Author : Chris Rogers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780327389

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Capitalism and Its Alternatives by Chris Rogers Pdf

The global economic crisis has catalysed debates about the merits of capitalism as a system for organizing production, distribution and exchange. Political elites have argued that capitalism is not fundamentally pernicious or crisis-prone and can be successfully reformed with the right set of policies. Conversely, many have argued that a wholesale change of attitude towards the status and creation of wealth in contemporary society is required if crises of this kind are to be prevented in the future. In Capitalism and Its Alternatives, Chris Rogers provides a critical introduction to theories of capitalism and to the forms of its crises in historical and contemporary contexts, as well as reflecting on the practice of anti-capitalism and the ways that economic and social relations are shaped, reshaped and resisted. Crucially, the book asks two key questions: What alternatives to capitalism exist? And by what processes and through what institutions might they be achieved?

Author : Robin Hahnel,Erik Olin Wright
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784785062

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Alternatives to Capitalism by Robin Hahnel,Erik Olin Wright Pdf

What would a viable free and democratic society look like? Poverty, exploitation, instability, hierarchy, subordination, environmental exhaustion, radical inequalities of wealth and power—it is not difficult to list capitalism’s myriad injustices. But is there a preferable and workable alternative? Alternatives to Capitalism: Proposals for a Democratic Economy presents a debate between two such possibilities: Robin Hahnel’s “participatory economics” and Erik Olin Wright’s “real utopian” socialism. It is a detailed and rewarding discussion that illuminates a range of issues and dilemmas of crucial importance to any serious effort to build a better world.

Author : Peter Hudis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004229860

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Marx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism by Peter Hudis Pdf

In contrast to the traditional view that Marx's work is restricted to a critique of capitalism and does not contain a detailed or coherent conception of its alternative, this book shows, through an analysis of his published and unpublished writings, that Marx was committed to a specific concept of a post-capitalist society that informed his critique of value production, alienated labor and capitalist accumulation. Instead of focusing on the present with only a passing reference to the future, Marx's emphasis on capitalism's tendency towards dissolution is rooted in a specific conception of what should replace it. In critically re-examining that conception, this book addresses the quest for an alternative to capitalism that has taken on increased importance today.

Author : Jon Elster,Karl O. Moene
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1989-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052137815X

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Alternatives to Capitalism by Jon Elster,Karl O. Moene Pdf

A theoretical analysis and assessment of proposed alternatives to present-day capitalism.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : UOM:39015055033099

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Selected Articles on Capitalism and Its Alternatives by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter J. S. Duncan,Elisabeth Schimpfössl
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787353831

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Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives by Peter J. S. Duncan,Elisabeth Schimpfössl Pdf

In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down. Two years later the Soviet Union disintegrated. The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union discredited the idea of socialism for generations to come. It was seen as representing the final and irreversible victory of capitalism. This triumphal dominance was barely challenged until the 2008 financial crisis threw the Western world into a state of turmoil. Through analysis of post-socialist Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, as well as of the United Kingdom, China and the United States, Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives confronts the difficulty we face in articulating alternatives to capitalism, socialism and threatening populist regimes. Beginning with accounts of the impact of capitalism on countries left behind by the planned economies, the volume moves on to consider how China has become a beacon of dynamic economic growth, aggressively expanding its global influence. The final section of the volume poses alternatives to the ideological dominance of neoliberalism in the West. Since the 2008 financial crisis, demands for social change have erupted across the world. Exposing the failure of neoliberalism in the United Kingdom and examining recent social movements in Europe and the United States, the closing chapters identify how elements of past ideas are re-emerging, among them Keynesianism and radical socialism. As those chapters indicate, these ideas might well have potential to mobilise support and challenge the dominance of neoliberalism.

Author : Julius H. Grey
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773557161

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Capitalism and the Alternatives by Julius H. Grey Pdf

Thirty years after its global triumph, neo-liberalism is an abject failure. While its advocates have succeeded in convincing citizens that no other way is possible, that no left turn can be made without an economic collapse, they have not fulfilled their promises of a better world and the result has been more inequality, insecurity, and speculation. Many have sought solace in collective goals – nationalism, narrow religion, and gender politics – while notions of universal solidarity, idealism, and humanism have all but disappeared. In Capitalism and the Alternatives Julius H. Grey seeks to rehabilitate economic equality as a fundamental social goal built on universal values such as individualism, liberty, and even romanticism. To achieve this, he argues, it is necessary to move away from national, ethnic, religious, and even gender loyalties. The importance in each society of common culture and widely accepted moral values, Grey suggests, cannot be overstated. With its rampant political correctness, the modern left seems to have lost sight of morality and individual freedom. While most commentators stake out a partisan position in their criticism, Grey's notion of individual romanticism as the basis of a socially progressive society and his stress on free will, culture, classical education, and the right to dissent demand an overhaul of both the right and the left. A fundamental rethinking of the social, political, and economic foundations of modern industrial society, Capitalism and the Alternatives proposes freedom from identity, instead of communitarianism and tradition, as a condition for liberty and justice.

Author : Mark Fisher
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781803414317

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Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher Pdf

An analysis of the ways in which capitalism has presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system.

Author : Martin Hart-Landsberg
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781583673522

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Capitalist Globalization by Martin Hart-Landsberg Pdf

A critical assessment argues that capitalists used exploited the world via globalization. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.

Author : Andrés Solimano
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199355983

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Economic Elites, Crises, and Democracy by Andrés Solimano Pdf

Andres Solimano examines the growing divide between rich elites and everyone else, the fragmentation of the middle class under global capitalism, the economy's tendencies to experience frequent financial crises, the limits of austerity policies, and the internationalization of elites, migrant diaspora, and social movements.

Author : Ulrich Duchrow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015034938442

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Alternatives to Global Capitalism by Ulrich Duchrow Pdf

This work explains why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It discusses what jobless growth means for an economy no longer interested in human welfare, along with the biblical alternatives for ordinary people and NGOs

Author : Peter J. S. Duncan,Elisabeth Schimpfössl
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787353831

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Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives by Peter J. S. Duncan,Elisabeth Schimpfössl Pdf

In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down. Two years later the Soviet Union disintegrated. The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union discredited the idea of socialism for generations to come. It was seen as representing the final and irreversible victory of capitalism. This triumphal dominance was barely challenged until the 2008 financial crisis threw the Western world into a state of turmoil. Through analysis of post-socialist Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, as well as of the United Kingdom, China and the United States, Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives confronts the difficulty we face in articulating alternatives to capitalism, socialism and threatening populist regimes. Beginning with accounts of the impact of capitalism on countries left behind by the planned economies, the volume moves on to consider how China has become a beacon of dynamic economic growth, aggressively expanding its global influence. The final section of the volume poses alternatives to the ideological dominance of neoliberalism in the West. Since the 2008 financial crisis, demands for social change have erupted across the world. Exposing the failure of neoliberalism in the United Kingdom and examining recent social movements in Europe and the United States, the closing chapters identify how elements of past ideas are re-emerging, among them Keynesianism and radical socialism. As those chapters indicate, these ideas might well have potential to mobilise support and challenge the dominance of neoliberalism.

Author : Mark Fisher
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781846943171

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Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher Pdf

After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system - a situation that the bank crisis of 2008, far from ending, actually compounded. The book analyses the development and principal features of this capitalist realism as a lived ideological framework. Using examples from politics, films, fiction, work and education, it argues that capitalist realism colours all areas of contemporary experience. But it will also show that, because of a number of inconsistencies and glitches internal to the capitalist reality program capitalism in fact is anything but realistic.