Thorstein Veblen and the revival of free market capitalism
Erschienen:
c2007
Verlag:
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK
Thorstein Veblen was a leading observer and analyst of capitalism. Featuring original essays by renowned Veblen scholars, this volume revisits his legacy. The contributors note that, with the restoration of laissez faire as the governing principle of...
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Thorstein Veblen was a leading observer and analyst of capitalism. Featuring original essays by renowned Veblen scholars, this volume revisits his legacy. The contributors note that, with the restoration of laissez faire as the governing principle of contemporary economic ideology and policy-making, his insights are once again relevant
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. The place of science in society: progress, pragmatism, pluralism; 2. Thorstein Veblen on the origins and meaning of private property; 3. Capital and the modern corporation; 4. Pecuniary institutions: their role and effects; 5. Veblen's missing theory of markets and exchange, or can you have an economic theory without a theory of market exchange?; 6. Some myths of Veblenian institutionalism; 7. Veblen: economics raised to the cultural level; 8. Veblen on higher education; 9. Thorstein Veblen and the sabotage of democracy
10. Getting to the good life: agents of changeIndex
