Confronting capitalism real solutions for a troubled economic system
With the fall of the Berlin Wall, one economic model emerged triumphant. Capitalism-spanning a spectrum from laissez faire to authoritarian-shapes the market economies of all the wealthiest and fastest-growing nations. But trouble is cracking its shiny veneer. In the U.S., Europe, and Japan, economi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
AMACOM--American Management Association
2015
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface: creating high performance capitalism
- The fourteen shortcomings of capitalism
- The persistent problem of poverty
- Growing income inequality
- Worker well-being
- Job creation in the face of growing automation
- The need for companies to cover their social costs
- The exploitation of the environment
- Business cycles and economic instability
- The focus on narrow self-interest
- Dealing with the debt burden and financial regulation
- How politics subverts economics
- Capitalism's short-term orientation
- Questionable marketing outputs
- Setting the right gdp growth rate
- Creating happiness as well as goods
- Epilogue
- Index