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growth, 1000-1800 -- 3. Between feudalism and freedom, 1000-1350 -- 4. Capitalism and civil society in late Medieval Holland …, 1350-1566 -- 5. A capitalist revolution? The Dutch revolt, 1566-1609 -- 6. New capitalism at home and overseas -- 7. The … Republican State and "varieties of capitalism" -- 8. Capitalism and inequality in the eighteenth century -- 9. Conclusion …
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move their activities elsewhere. Multinationals are seen by some as threats to national identities and wealth and are …
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We are used to thinking about inequality within countries--about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? <i>Worlds Apart</i> addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by...
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--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Countering the prevailing theory that the …</i>, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations. A brilliant and sobering …
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explode in some nations between the 1820s and 1960s, creating not just unprecedented material wealth but "flourishing …
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explode in some nations between the 1820s and 1960s, creating not just unprecedented material wealth but "flourishing …
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capitalism arise because of large external shocks. The combination of these shocks and the slow adjustments of wages and prices …
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around the world. The common assumption is that globalization is merging the varieties of corporate capitalism. Yet, as this … of capitalism is the human resource departments of large corporations, where changes in markets and technology turn into …
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capitalism but Westernization, and "new dirigistes" who oppose not Westernization but capitalism. In response, Lal contends that … capitalism doesn't have to lead to Westernization, as the examples of Japan, China, and India show, and that "new dirigiste … bases his case on a historical account of the rise of capitalism and globalization in the first two liberal international …
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Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it? Drawing on converging evidence from neuroscience, social science, biology, law, and philosophy, <i>Moral Markets</i> makes the case that modern market exchange works only because most...
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