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Evolutions of capitalism : historical perspectives, 1200-2000 / edited by Catherine Casson and Philipp Robinson Rössner.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism--History.
- Capitalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Evolutions of Capitalism: Historical Perspectives: 1200-2000
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Definition of capitalism
- Five functions relevant to capitalism
- Key dates for entrepreneurship
- Key dates for finance
- Key dates for management
- Key dates for workers
- Key dates for political leaders
- Summary of chronological change
- References
- 2 The Market as an Institution: Theory and History
- Introduction
- Evolution of the market
- Definition of a market
- Plan of the chapter
- Key concepts in the analysis of markets
- Private property
- Alienability
- Incentives to trade
- Money
- Comparison
- Co-location of transactions
- Trust
- Intermediation
- Markets and innovation
- Economic theory of markets
- Analysis of market behaviour
- Typology of market processes
- Retailing and local market competition
- A social network approach to retail markets
- Locations of towns
- Roles of towns: historical evidence
- The urban marketplace: topography
- Policy intervention: regulation of the market
- Objectives
- Origins of regulation
- Regulation of wholesale trade: role of civic customs
- Quality control
- Conclusions
- 3 Regulating Capitalism
- The scholastic heritage and beyond
- Transitions towards capitalism: case study of late medieval Germany and the Reformation, 1470s-1530s
- Monetary regulation
- Industrial policy
- Notes
- 4 Capitalism and State Ownership Models
- Literature review
- Sweden: historical background for ownership model
- Norway: historical background for state ownership
- Norway falling behind after 1870
- State ownership after the Second World War
- Liberalization and embracing of the Hydro model
- Comparing ownership models of Norway and Sweden
- Collaboration between business and Social Democrats
- National ownership and control
- Active ownership
- Monitoring and free-riding
- The present standing of the ownership model
- 5 Comparative and Connected Global Capitalism(s)
- Capitalism(s) before divergence
- Capitalism(s) and the institutions of global trade
- Whose capitalism?
- Conclusion
- References
- 6 Capitalism, Imperialism and the Emergence of an Industrialized Global Economy
- Some (stylized) theory and history
- The concentration and centralization of capital, backwardness, stage theory and capitalist modernization
- State capitalism, imperialism and late industrialization
- The rise of the rest: late industrial capitalism in Asia
- Cosy capitalism or crony capitalism?
- Re-evaluating the dynamics of imperialism-industrialism: a perspective (largely) from Latin America: the imperialism of free trade, structuralism and dependency
- Notes:
- 7 Religion and Capitalism.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 05, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Casson, Catherine. Evolutions of Capitalism.
- ISBN:
- 9781529214826
- 1529214823
- 9781529214819
- 1529214815
- Publisher Number:
- 99991186014
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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