Saving capitalism from the capitalists : world capitalism and global history / Hartmut Elsenhans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elsenhans, Hartmut, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Capitalism--History.

History.

Economics.

Economic history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 325 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, 2015.

Summary:

Capitalism is expansionary but not contagious. It 'penetrates' other modes of production but does not necessarily transform them into a capitalist form .... It is superior in efficiency compared to other socio-economic arrangements, a fact that may be demonstrated by a comparison of labour productivity and the productivity of funds invested as 'capital'. Due to this superiority, non-capitalist societies are drawn into its orbit .... They attract capitalist enterprises and provide their resources, labour, raw materials, 'factors of production'. Socialism as the democratic management of society would... be the political complement to capitalism in the non-economic spheres of collective goods. [This book argues that] ... such a democratic socialism ... on the basis of equal access to participation is the necessary complement of capitalism.... Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: defending capitalism against the privileged

Profitable capitalism and rising mass incomes

Stratification without transition to capitalism and the European distinctiveness

Pre-capitalist origins of culture: the a-cultural character of capitalism and the cultural turn

The nature of capitalism

Globalisation and its contradictions

Alliances for imposing capitalism: the globalisation of profit against the globalisation of rent

An international community of rentier governments: noble intentions or a return to the past.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

935150056X

9789351500568

OCLC:

890377725

Publisher Number:

99962923108