John Plender

Capitalism

Money, Morals and Markets

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thoughtful, eloquent and above all compelling, Capitalism is a remarkable contribution to an enduring debate concerning the morality of markets.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 131mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9781785901645
• ISBN-10: 1785901648
• Artikelnr.: 46005790

Autorenporträt

John Plender: John Plender has been a senior editorial writer and columnist at the Financial Times since 1981. He has a weekly column on economics and business and also writes for the opinion pages.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Chapter One: The Root of All Evil (Or Not, as the Case May Be) 1
Chapter Two: Animal Spirits 33
Chapter Three: Hijacked by Bankers 55
Chapter Four: Industrial Shrinkage, Financial Excess 81
Chapter Five: Sophisters, Economists and Calculators 103
Chapter Six: Trade and the Fatal Embrace 133
Chapter Seven: Speculation - The Missing Shame Gene 163
Chapter Eight: The Dynamics of Debt 187
Chapter Nine: Gold: The 6,000-Year-Long Bubble 215
Chapter Ten: High-Minded about Art 235
Chapter Eleven: Tax and the Division of the Spoils 259
Chapter Twelve: Capitalism, Warts and All 277
Notes 311
Index 323