Capitalism in business, politics and society / Eugene N. Shelton, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shelton, Eugene N.

Series:

Economic Issues, Problems and Perspectives

Economic issues, problems and perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Case studies.

Capitalism.

Capital--Case studies.

Capital.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publisher's, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The iconic economist-philosopher Adam Smith lauded capitalism as a system for distributing opportunity and prosperity widely, and for freeing populations from the oppression they suffered under the European aristocracy of his time. This book presents research in the study of capitalism and its relation to business, politics and society.

Contents:

Intro

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.

Chapter 3 WHO WAS THE WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL? WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS IN SWEDEN, 1865-1912

Introduction

Who was the White Collar Criminal?

Data and Operationalization

Results

Chapter 4 WORK AND WAR IN THE EVOLUTION OF CAPITALISM

1. "Spirit of Capitalism"

2. Soldiers in World War I

3. Nazi Germany

4. Soldiers from World War II until the Present

Chapter 5 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES AND THE EXPROPRIATION OF THE COMMON

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

Chapter 6 DYSMORPHIC CAPITALISM AND THE ABERRANT DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE

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

Chapter 7 SOCIAL STATUS, THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM AND THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES IN STOCHASTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIES1

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.

4.4. Effects of Fiscal Policies

5. Equilibrium Interest Rates

6. Multiple Optimal Paths and Stationary Distributions

Appendix A. The Steady-State Distribution for a Diffusion Process

Appendix B. The Case of Non-Separable Utility Function

Chapter 8 SURPLUS ALLOCATION AND DEVELOPMENT UNDER GLOBAL CAPITALISM1

2. The Surplus

3. Outsourcing to the Periphery

4. Global Surplus Transfers

5. Surplus Absorption

Appendix

INDEX

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/21/2020).

ISBN:

1-61209-046-X

OCLC:

750627841