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The book was generally met with favorable reviews, including Reason magazine, [2] The Economist, [10] Financial Times, [11] and The Spectator. [7]Some critics of the book included the New Statesman, [12] and Kristian Niemietz of IEA stated that the book was even-handed in its criticism of both left and right wing politically motivated anti-liberalism, "Some chapters are primarily aimed at the ...
Key parameters of debate include: the extent to which capitalism is natural, versus the extent to which it arises from specific historical circumstances; whether its origins lie in towns and trade or in rural property relations; the role of class conflict; the role of the state; the extent to which capitalism is a distinctively European ...
The book suggests that these seven things must be cheap to sustain the capitalist system. Cheapness is then defined as 'a set of strategies to manage relations between capitalism and the web of life', meaning its value is established by social or cultural relationships that maintain the cost lower than what should actually be worth.
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? is a 2009 book by British philosopher Mark Fisher.It explores Fisher's concept of "capitalist realism", which he describes as "the widespread sense that not only is capitalism the only viable political and economic system, but also that it is now impossible even to imagine a coherent alternative to it."
The Capitalist Manifesto was on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller List in February and March 1958, ranking 15th and 13th, respectively, and was reviewed in a number of major publications, including Time, which stated that the book presents its analysis as "a revolutionary force in human affairs offering still unplumbed promise for the future," and that it "refutes the charge that ...
Capitalism 1.0 during the 19th century entailed largely unregulated markets with a minimal role for the state (aside from national defense, and protecting property rights); Capitalism 2.0 during the post-World War II years entailed Keynesianism, a substantial role for the state in regulating markets, and strong welfare states;
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism is a book on political theory written by Danish sociologist Gøsta Esping-Andersen, published in 1990. The work is Esping-Andersen's most influential and highly cited work, outlining three main types of welfare states , in which modern developed capitalist nations cluster.
The book was originally published in 1999 by Monthly Review Press, and then a revised [10] edition was published in 2002 by Verso Books, with the subtitle "A Longer View". [11] A reprint appeared in 2013 and again in 2017. Wood, Ellen Meiksins (1999) The Origin of Capitalism, Monthly Review Press, 1999. ISBN 1-58367-000-9, 120 pp.