Abstract Many people consider Adam Smith the first economist to describe the functioning of capitalism. In fact, Smith … must be considered less the discoverer of capitalism, but rather as its inventor. The economic laws Smith formulated are …

In the 1980s, globalisation was much vaunted as offering the Western world a dazzling new array of business … Marx’s predictions about capitalism are eventuating in a process by which firms become ever more profitable, but at a cost …

Organised capitalism, as a distinct mode of political economy, is generally held to be under serious threat, not least …

In this article an airing is given to some of the recent, very pessimistic, critiques of global capitalism considered … capitalism which comes from business itself – an agent of social progress. Finally, some synthesis of the two is attempted, and …

down the path and pattern of modern economic growth in the Third World. Industrial capitalism emerged historically in the … and Japan and then to the rest of the world. In this process, capitalism has released and developed the world’s productive … resources. As a consequence, the world is becoming richer in capital accumulation and material goods but, paradoxically, poorer …

Summary Globalization has increased the differential between growth of world trade volumes and growth of world GDP …Zusammenfassung Handelsliberalisierung und Globalisierung haben dazu geführt, dass der Welthandel deutlich schneller …-correction models for quarterly data on Germany’s foreign trade, imports react more strongly to an increase in the intensity of world …

appreciation of this work, and considers how Kirzner’s insights might feature in a defense of Capitalism in the post- Socialist … world.Israel Kirzner a consacré sa carrière à articuler et affiner le concept d’esprit d’entreprise. Ses travaux sont …

Protestantism and the emergence of capitalism persists in the popuar imagination as well as the academy. This article illustrates … before the Reformation, but also the manner in which capitalism’s development in the post-reformation era contradicts Weber … institutional prerequisites of post- Reformation capitalism, and the manner in which post-Reformation political and religious …

expanding capitalism, empire, and white supremacy. In the school systems set up around the world, the term “civilization” was …