Capitalism is central to our understanding of contemporary economic and political life and yet what does it really mean …, what is left of our understanding of capitalism? Steven G. Marks' provocative new book calls into question everything we … thought we knew about capitalism, from the word's very origins and development to the drivers of Western economic growth …

always so. Capitalism took shape centuries ago, starting with a handful of isolated changes in farming, trade, and … ideas arose to reshape societies in a constant surge of change. Approaching capitalism as a culture, as important for its …

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 …

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Before Capitalism -- Chapter 3. The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of … 10. Capitalism vs. Socialism: A Conflict of Ideas -- Chapter 11. A Conflict of Ideas—continued -- Chapter 12. The Rise of … Corporate Capitalism and its Champions -- Chapter 13. A Brief History of Financial Booms and Bubbles -- Chapter 14. The rise and …

The book sets out to explore the economic motivations of imperial expansion under capitalism. This undoubtedly is … understanding of economic development, international relations, and the history of global capitalism. …Capitalism and Elite Feud: A Short Introduction -- PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- A Unified Theory of Rent, Elite …