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1 online resource |
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Economic issues, problems and perspectives |
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Economic issues, problems and perspectives series.
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CAPITALISM IN BUSINESS, POLITICS AND SOCIETY -- CAPITALISM IN BUSINESS, POLITICS AND SOCIETY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 EXPERIMENTAL CAPITALISM IN THE FORMER USSR: BITTER LESSONS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Russian Reforms: Property Distribution and Economic Collapse -- 3. Seven Grievous Consequences of the Market Experiment -- A. The Degradation of the Economy in Scientific and Technical Terms -- B. Raw Materials Orientation of the Economy -- C. Capital Flight -- D. The Rise of Mass Unemployment -- E. The Intensifying of Social Inequality -- F. From Population Growth to Population Die-Back -- G. The Increase in Crime -- H. The Generalised Nature of Corruption -- 4. Reducing Democracy to Formalism -- 5. The Need to Reconsider Neoclassical Orthodoxy -- 6. The Post-Keynesian Alternative for the Former Soviet States -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 REFLECTIONS ON THE STRUCTURAL FUNCTION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IN CAPITALISM THROUGH DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES OF NICS -- Abstract -- I. Introduction: Design and Capitalism -- II. Under the Cold War between the East and the West, the Formation of the Ideology of Development, and the Incorporation into the System of the New International Division of Labor -- The Role of Industrial Design in the 1960s: Facilitating Exports, Expanding Foreign Trade -- III. Economic Effects and Political Meaning of Industrial Design in NICs -- The Role of Industrial Design from the 1970s to the Early 1980s: Turning Pirates into Captains -- Eliminating the Stigma of Counterfeiting -- The Role of Industrial Design in the Mid-1980s: Facing the Wave of Economic Liberalization -- Global Competition, Industrial Upgrading, and Own Branding -- IV. Conclusion: In the Tug-of-War between Capitalism and Developmental State, Industrial Design in Nics that is out of Local Context -- References |
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Chapter 3 WHO WAS THE WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL? WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS IN SWEDEN, 1865-1912 -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Who was the White Collar Criminal? -- Who was the White Collar Criminal? -- Data and Operationalization -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 WORK AND WAR IN THE EVOLUTION OF CAPITALISM -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 1. "Spirit of Capitalism" -- 2. Soldiers in World War I -- 3. Nazi Germany -- 4. Soldiers from World War II until the Present -- References -- Chapter 5 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES AND THE EXPROPRIATION OF THE COMMON -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. Political Action Committees and Political Economy Theory -- 2.2. Beyond Regulatory Capture -- 2.3. Understanding Exploitation -- 2.4. PACs as an Instrument of Employee Control -- 3. The Case -- 3.1. The Common: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- 4. Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 DYSMORPHIC CAPITALISM AND THE ABERRANT DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Dynamic Tensions between Economic Freedom and Government Intervention -- Twenty-First-Century Globalized Capitalism as a Utopian Framework -- A Closer Look at Adam Smith -- Warping and Stunting the Development of Creative Intelligence -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 SOCIAL STATUS, THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM AND THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES IN STOCHASTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIES1 -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Model -- 3. An Explicit Solution -- 3.1. The Explicit Solution under the Separable Utility Function -- 3.2. Steady-State Distributions for Endogenous Variables -- 4. Comparative Static Analysis -- 4.1. Effects of Uncertainty on Expected Capital, Output, and Consumption -- 4.2. Effects of the Spirit of Capitalism -- 4.3. Effects of Production Shocks |
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4.4. Effects of Fiscal Policies -- 5. Equilibrium Interest Rates -- 6. Multiple Optimal Paths and Stationary Distributions -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. The Steady-State Distribution for a Diffusion Process -- Appendix B. The Case of Non-Separable Utility Function -- References -- Chapter 8 SURPLUS ALLOCATION AND DEVELOPMENT UNDER GLOBAL CAPITALISM1 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Surplus -- 3. Outsourcing to the Periphery -- 4. Global Surplus Transfers -- 5. Surplus Absorption -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- INDEX -- Blank Page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/21/2020) |
| Subject |
Capitalism -- Case studies
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Free Enterprise.
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Capitalism
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shelton, Eugene N., editor
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| LC no. |
2020676114 |
| ISBN |
9781612090467 |
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161209046X |
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