1. Introduction : the global capitalist crisis and its aftermath / Berch Berberoglu -- 2. The origins and development of the global capitalist economy and capitalist crises / Alan J. Spector -- 3. The great recession and the financial crisis in the United States, the epicenter of the global...

pt. 1. Japanese capitalism : the companyism eroded by firms' heterogeneity and the lack of new coordinating mechanisms -- part 2. Chinese and Korean capitalisms : two contrasted trajectories -- part 3. Diversity of Asian capitalisms : from globalization to Asian integration?

1. Introduction -- 2. Interlinking markets, relational contracts and economic transition -- 3. Markets, contracts and economic growth -- 4. Interlinked contracts and development : where do we stand? -- 5. Unraveling the Chinese miracle : a perspective of interlinked relational contracts -- 6....

1. Institutions, change, and diversity / Geoffrey T. Wood and Christel Lane -- 2. A new epoch but still diversity within and between capitalisms : China in comparative perspective / Robert Boyer -- 3. Institutional change and organizational diversity in Japan / Mari Sako and Masahiro Kotosaka --...

In this clear and engaging book, economist Louis Putterman places the economy and the study of economics in a broad historical and social perspective. He explores the history of the discipline, the history of the modern economy, different perspectives on the market economy, and the relations...