Capitalism unleashed: finance globalization and welfare
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Main Author: Glyn, Andrew 1943-2007 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2006
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Links:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=177070
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index
1. Challenges to capital -- 2. Austerity, privatization and deregulation -- 3. Finance and ownership -- 4. Globalization and international economic relations -- 5. Labour's retreats -- 6. Growth and stability -- 7. Welfare and income inequality
Free enterprise is off the leash and chasing new opportunities for profit making across the globe. After a turbulent century of unprecedented social and technological change, Capitalism has emerged as the dominant ideology and model for economic growth in the richest, most developed countries. But only thirty years ago economic growth was faltering, inflation rising and the Left were arguing for greater state intervention in industry. How did this remarkable transformation happen?And what price have we paid in the process?This accessible and persuasive book challenges the notion of our capital
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 234 pages)
ISBN:9780191537684
0191537683
9780199226795
0199226792