Chambers

Capitalist Economics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Modern economics does not explain capitalism. Quite the reverse: both introductory texts and advanced scholarship presuppose capitalism as a universal, natural entity. Capitalist Economics is the first and only book to attempt this essential explanation. This involves, first, showing how capitalist economic forces are historically unique. Under feudalism, economic forces and relations work differently than under capitalism. Second, it requires a close analysis of the primary elements of capitalist economics: money, commodities, and profit. Third and finally, it entails close examination of the complex interactions between entrepreneurs, bankers, and workers, all to give a clearer sense of the dominant forces and general patterns of capitalist economics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197556887
• ISBN-10: 0197556884
• Artikelnr.: 66114046

Autorenporträt

Samuel A. Chambers teaches political theory, cultural politics, and political economy at Johns Hopkins University. He is co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Contemporary Political Theory and is series co-editor of Routledge's Innovators in Political Theory. He has published or edited a dozen books, in work that ranges from theories of society, language, and democratic politics, to critical television studies, to a broad and concerted effort to understand the nature of both capitalism and money.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: What is Economics?
Part I: Economics in History
1. Social Orders and Economic Relations
2. How Societies Produce
3. Capitalist Social Orders
Part II: Capitalist Economic Relations
4. Money
5. Commodities
6. Profit
Part III: Capitalist Economic Forces
7. Entrepreneurs and Investment
8. Bankers and Interest
9. The Rules of Capitalism
Sources and Further Reading
Glossary of Terms (by Benjamin Taylor)