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Handbook of research on economic freedom

Berggren, Niclas (ed.) - 2024

students across economics and finance, and related disciplines interested in institutions, capitalism, the market economy and …

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Authoritarian capitalism in the age of globalization

Bloom, Peter - 2023 - 2nd ed.

"Authoritarian capitalism is rapidly evolving, intensifying and spreading across the globe. This updated second edition … fundamental authoritarianism of capitalism. Analysing how marketization is promoting political authoritarianism across the world … democracy. In doing so, Bloom rethinks the structural and discursive role of sovereign power within capitalism, illustrating how …

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Thorstein Veblen and the revival of free market capitalism

Knoedler, Janet T. (contributor); … - 2007

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...

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Spirituality, organization and neoliberalism : understanding lived experiences

Bell, Emma (ed.); Gog, Sorin (ed.); Simionca, Anca (ed.); … - 2020

capitalism: Mindfulness and outdoor management development / Liza Cortois -- 4. A 'juggly mummy's' life history of teaching yoga …

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Political failure by agreement : learning liberalism and the welfare state

Wegner, Gerhard - 2008

The purpose of this book is to reconsider economic liberalism from the viewpoint of political liberalism. The author argues that advocates of economic liberalism largely overlook empirical political preferences which, in many societies, go far beyond a limited role of the state. Recent...

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Classical liberalism and civil society

Rowley, Charles K. (ed.) - 1997

This impressive book brings together four essays, which along with an insightful introduction from Charles Rowley, provide a robust defence of the concept of classical liberalism in modern 'civil' society. In the first essay, Douglas Rasmussen and Douglas Uyl discuss the basic approaches and...

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Equality, rights, and the autonomous self : toward a conservative economics

Roth, Timothy P. - 2004

Modern liberalism asserts the transcendental, autonomous self's 'natural rights' against others' moralistic and political preferences, and regards the economist's utilitarian social welfare theory as instrumental to the achievement of 'social justice'. Timothy Roth argues that the liberal...

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Liberalism in crisis? : European economic governance in the age of turbulence

Villafranca, Antonio (contributor); … - 2009

During the current economic crisis recurring questions on the validity of the liberal economic system have resurfaced concerning the role of the state and the free market, the proactive use of fiscal policies, economic nationalism, and environmental sustainability. However, due to the depth and...

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Educating economists : the Teagle discussion on re-evaluating the undergraduate economics major

Colander, David C. (contributor); … - 2009

The economics major is a central part of a college education. But is that economics major doing what it is meant to do? And if not, how should it be changed? This book raises a set of provocative questions that encourage readers to look at the economics major in a different light than it is...

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Makeshift work in a changing labour market : the Swedish model in the post-financial crisis era

Garsten, Christina (contributor); … - 2015

'Whatever happened to the Swedish model? Once the prime example of a Nordic welfare state, Sweden's labour market is now a highly individualized competitive arena. With attention to detail as well as global trends, this important book describes the dismantling of the Swedish welfare state across...

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