Capitalism

About: Capitalism is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 27714 publications have been published within this topic receiving 858042 citations.

On the Edge: Living With Global Capitalism

Abstract: This collection of essays charts the contours of contemporary capitalism, analyses the role of the business firm in the new context of innovation and competitiveness, discuses the impact of globalisation, and considers new capitalism.

A history of inequality in South Africa, 1652-2002

Abstract: This work is an anlaysis of economic relations in South Africa. It analyses the work of numerous historians on inequality and exploitation in South Africa around a single theme: the systematic and progressive economic exploitation of indigenous people by settler groups. Second, the author argues that, despite South Africa's transition to democracy, its society is as unequal - if not more so - than before. He claims that in the early 1990s, parallel to the constitutional negotations, a series of informal negotations and interchanges took place behind the scenes during which the local corporate sector, backed by powerful international financial institutions, made a concerted effort to "sell" unfettered capitalism to ANC leaders. This attempt succeeded, resulting in the ANC replacing the RDP with GEAR. The situation of the vast majority of blacks has in fact worsened since the transition to democracy. For this reason, he considers that South Africa's transformation is incomplete. Sampie Terreblanche criticizes the corporate sector for its ruthless pursuit and protection of its own interests, to the detriment of broader South African society. He also criticizes the "new black elite" for its materialism and apparent indifference to the plight of the poor. In a final chapter, he argues that the current system of "neo-liberal democratic capitalism" is inappropriate to a developing country such as South Africa. He calls for a policy shift towards social democracy in which the state should play a more active role in alleviating poverty, redistributing wealth, and attending to social welfare.

Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times

Abstract: Acknowledgements Introduction I Creative Workers and Rent-Seeking 1 The Mercurial Career of Creative Industries Policymaking in the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States 2 China's Next Cultural Revolution? 3 The Olympic Goose That Lays the Golden Egg II Sustainability and the Ground Staff 4 Teamsters, Turtles, and Tainted Toys 5 Learning from San Ysidro III Instruments of Knowledge Capitalism 6 The Copyfight over Intellectual Property 7 The Rise of the Global University Conclusion: Maps and ChartersNotesReferences Index About the Author

The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World

Abstract: By pure chance, two significant books on capitalism were published within weeks of one another in the early fall of 2007. The first (The Age of Tur bulence: Adventures in a New World), by the consummate insider, Alan Greenspan, examines the inner workings of the capitalist system from the perspective of one who was perhaps as responsible as anyone for its spectacular successes in the 1990s. The second (The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism), by activist outsider Naomi Klein, chronicles capitalism's excesses and its dark side. Each author approaches capitalism and globalization from a completely different perspective. For Greenspan, globalization presents challenges but also a whole spectrum of opportunities for increased prosperity and the improvement of the human condition. Klein views capitalism and glo balization as evolving in ways to present greater and greater threats and obstacles to these goals. Greenspan's view of the world from the seat of power is remarkably optimistic: ".. .we are living in a new world?the world of a global capital ist economy that is vastly more resilient, open, self-correcting, and fast changing than it was even a quarter century earlier. The Age of Turbulence is my attempt to understand the nature of this new world: how we got here, what we are living though and what lies over the horizon for good and for ill" (pp. 10-11). This is the third in Klein's trilogy of anti-capitalist, anti-globalist books. Her first was No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies (2000), which