Capitalism : a social audit

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Capitalism : a social audit

Peter Saunders

(Concepts in the social sciences)

Open University Press, 1995

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical notes (p. [121]-133) and index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780335191413

Description

Capitalism is an economic growth machine, and with the collapse of socialism, it is now poised to become a truly global system. There are, however, three major questions which arise from its success. One is whether capitalism can revolutionize the living standards of the poor nations in the way that it has done for countries in the West. If it can, the second question arises of whether the global eco-system can survive such a massive expansion of industrial output. And if and when capitalism has overcome these problems, the third and biggest question still remains: will human beings be any happier as a result? After explaining how a capitalist system works, Peter Saunders draws extensively on the latest evidence from around the world to provide a 'social audit' of contemporary capitalism before concluding with a review of capitalism's prospects in the countries where it originated. With key elements of 'bourgeois culture' now collapsing from within, does liberal capitalism have a future in the West?

Table of Contents

Introduction The Growth Machine Capitalism and the Poor Countries Capitalism and the Environment The Future of Capitalism Notes.
Volume

: hard ISBN 9780335191420

Description

This text suggests that there are three major questions which arise from the success of capitalism: one is whether capitalism can revolutionize the living standards of the poor nations in the way that it has done for countries in the West. If it can, the second question arises of whether the global eco-system can survive such a massive expansion of industrial output. And if and when capitalism has overcome these problems, the third and biggest question still remains: will human beings be any happier as a result? After explaining how a capitalist system works, the author draws on the latest evidence from around the world to provide a "social audit" of contemporary capitalism, before concluding with a review of capitalism's prospects in the countries where it originated. With key elements of "bourgeois culture" now collapsing from within, does liberal capitalism have a future in the West?

Table of Contents

  • The growth machine
  • capitalism and the poor countries
  • capitalism and the environment
  • the future of capitalism.

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  • NCID
    BA24996916
  • ISBN
    • 0335191428
    • 033519141X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Buckingham
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 140 p.
  • Size
    22cm
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