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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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capitalistically driven economic growth. However, the view that capitalism needs to reinvent itself to survive the crisis of confidence … capitalist reinvention is embraced by emergent business leaders. A sustainable system of capitalism driven by business and …
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For years the Communist Party in the Soviet Union has been lying about the state of the economy. Now that the truth is exposed, the real situation appears to be quite desperate. Fifteen per cent of the population lives below the poverty line and 40 per cent of industry is obsolete. Where does...
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A coherent theoretical class analysis of hotel and catering workers can provide a systematic means by which to explain the behaviour of these workers in reaction to their employment. By examining the class relations within this industry, the paper challenges the notion that hotel and catering...
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view of the form of capitalism driving the economic environment – “electronic capitalism” – is put forward. The second …
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individualistic societies. The paper first outlines the welfare axioms of Islamic economics compared to those of capitalism. Second …-being would be greater in such an altruistic society in comparison to an individualistic society promoted by capitalism, holding …
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Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the crises of free market capitalism in terms of its understanding of human nature …/methodology/approach – The paper uses a conceptual and philosophical approach to analyze crises of free market capitalism. It links both success … and failure of capitalism to its understanding of human nature. It compares and contrasts economic assumptions of human …
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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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