Komlosy, University of Vienna, Austria) -- 3. The Crisis of Hyper-Consumerism: Capitalism's Latest Forward Lurch (Victoria de … Grazia, Columbia University, USA) -- 4. Is There a Return of Capitalism in Business History? (Patrick Fridenson, Ecole des … Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France) -- 5. Finance Capitalism (Harold James, Princeton University, USA) -- 6 …

to political economy that have defined, debated, critiqued, and defended capitalism for more than three centuries …, political economy is both an approach to understanding capitalism and a reflection of the forms and features of capitalism at … biographies, this text explores principal themes in the development of capitalism and political economic thought. It relates these …

of contemporary capitalism, this book draws on the work of Karl Polanyi, and re-reads it for our times. The renowned …-driven transformation of contemporary capitalism. Social and political science scholars will greatly benefit from this timely analysis of … contemporary capitalism. Those researching economic history and the impact of Polanyi's work on the analysis of the modern society …

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: why pro-capitalists need to think pre-modern -- Why modern ideas leave capitalism … exposed -- The social cooperation directive -- The Ciceronian theory of justice -- Capitalism cannot be secular -- A … constitution that opens the way to capitalism -- How a redistributive state jeopardizes social cooperation -- Pursuing human …