Wealth and freedom : an introduction to political economy

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Wealth and freedom : an introduction to political economy

David P. Levine

Cambridge University Press, 1995

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-188) and index

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Description

Modern life places a special emphasis on private affairs. Social institutions, and especially our economies, have been organized to facilitate the pursuit of private interests. At the center of this private world is a system of private property which, more than anything, satisfies our wants. Political economy studies the properties of this private world: How does it work, and how well does it satisfy our wants? What are the limits of the world of private affairs? Wealth and Freedom provides an introduction to political economy for the student or other interested nonspecialist. The book explores such key issues as the place of our economy in the larger social system, the importance of market institutions for individual autonomy, private enterprise as a system of economic development, poverty and inequality in market economies, global inequality, and the limits of the market and the role of government. Wealth and Freedom is distinctive in employing a rights-based approach to understanding and evaluating economic institutions. The author emphasizes the distinction between needs and wants as the basis for establishing the limits of the market, and concludes the book with a discussion of the relation between private wants and public ends.

Table of Contents

  • List of figures and tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Economy and Society: 1. The place of the economy
  • 2. Needs and wants
  • Part II. Capitalism: 3. Capitalism
  • 4. The self-regulating market
  • 5. Creative destruction
  • 6. Labor
  • Part III. Inequality and Difference: 7. The classical argument for inequality
  • 8. Income and productive contribution
  • 9. Rights and the market
  • 10. Poverty and inequality
  • Part IV. International Society: 11. International inequality
  • 12. International society
  • Part V. Individual and Community: 13. The limits of the market
  • 14. Private ends, public good
  • References
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BA25179428
  • ISBN
    • 0521443148
    • 0521447917
  • LCCN
    94031495
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge [England] ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 191 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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