1. Introduction -- 2. Social Inequality and the Plurality of Life-Styles -- 3. Inequality Processes and Vertical Social Stratification -- 4. Social Network Analysis and the Sociology of Economics -- 5. From Heterodoxy to Orthodoxy and Vice Versa -- 6. The Order of Social Sciences -- 7. Bounded...

Chapter 1: Introduction: Mr Smith Goes to the Movies -- Chapter 2: Scarcity, Conflicts, and Dystopia -- Chapter 3: Evil is the Root of all Money -- Chapter 4: Brokers, Bankers and Boiler Rooms -- Chapter 5: Evil, Inc -- Chapter 6: Disruptors -- Chapter 7: The Path of Workers -- Chapter 8: Women...

Chapter1 Inaccurate Understanding of the Basic Economic System in the Primary Stage of Socialism: Reasons and Countermeasures -- Chapter2 Rethinking Economic Theories -- Chapter3 General Trend in the Structural Adjustment of Ownership and the Current Situation -- Chapter4 Methods to Estimate...

Chapter1:Adhere to Scientific Development and Promote Transformation and Upgrading -- Chapter2:Adhere to Innovation and Development, Forge a Innovative Province -- Chapter3:Enhance Economic System Reform by "Two Hands" Strategy -- Chapter4:Continue Open Development and Build New Open Economic...

1. Introduction: The New Human Condition -- 2. A Major Stagnation, But Not a Secular One -- 3. The High Tech Eden -- 4. A Shattered Labour Market -- 5. Human Genius at the Controls -- 6. A Disengaged Society? -- 7. Who Governs: Politicians, or Technology Prophets? -- 8. Two Possible Paths: The...

Chapter 1: Culture, People, and Responsibility -- Chapter 2: Iranian Society – Manifestations of Culture -- Chapter 3: Iranian Political Culture: The Betterment of Society -- Chapter 4: Economics: Comprehending the Present to Find Solutions -- Chapter 5: Concluding Remarks

Part I -- The Cyber Economy as a New Type of Economic System Under the Conditions of Industry 4.0 -- The Cyber Economy as an Outcome of Digital Modernization Based on the Breakthrough Technologies of Industry 4.0 -- Digital Business in the Cyber Economy: The Organization of Production and...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Before Capitalism -- Chapter 3. The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of “Economic Man” -- Chapter 4. The Age of Enlightenment: 1585-1789 -- Chapter 5. Money as Wealth -- Chapter 6. Money as a Medium of Exchange -- Chapter 7. Credit and Banking --...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. 1808: The Napoleonic Wars and the Loss of the American Colonies -- Chapter 3. 1898: The “Fin de siècle” crisis -- Chapter 4. 1936: Frustrated hopes: the Great Depression, the Second Republic, and the Civil War -- Chapter 5. 1959: The Stabilization Plan...

1. The Concept of Power -- 2. Political Power -- 3. Economic Power -- 4. The Separation of Economic from Political Power -- 5. Power in Pre-Agricultural Societies -- 6. Power in Agrarian and Feudal Societies -- 7. Institutions That Support Commerce and Industry -- 8. Power in Commercial and...