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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 …
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appreciation of this work, and considers how Kirzner’s insights might feature in a defense of Capitalism in the post- Socialist …
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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 …
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expanding capitalism, empire, and white supremacy. In the school systems set up around the world, the term “civilization” was …
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Purpose This paper aims to contribute an Islamic critique of various competing economic system’s theories of interest, which have evolved within the distinct ideological frameworks of distinct rival economic systems and religions from the point of view of discovering potential effective...
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the dark flip side of the heightened dreams and wild expectations of development as a bright picture that accompanied the discovery of petroleum in politically unstable and donor-dependent Chad. Design/methodology/approach Data were elicited through local-level...
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, and possibilities for, alternative economic futures beyond free-market capitalism. Originality/value This paper makes a …
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, but for Western capitalist countries also. The social benefits and socially harmful aspects of modern capitalism are …, psychology, ethics and political science. The changes ecessary to restructure capitalism are diagnosed and some possible …
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, when one race believes that the other race is genetically superior. The monograph maintains that the eeds of capitalism … destroyed the social and political ground for white and black racism, while the modern development of capitalism is demolishing …
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In contrast to liberal, orthodox Marxist and structural interpretations which attribute government policy in capitalist society to exogenous forces, the state regularly possesses a significant area of autonomy within which decisions are effectively determined by the political‐administrative...
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