Taking economy in the sociological sense comprises Economic Sociology. This work contains topics like the following: Capitalism as an Economic System; Mixed Economic Systems; Employee Rights; Work & its Changing Nature; Occupational Structure; The Industrial Revolution; The Protestant Ethic as expressed by Max Weber; "Abstract" Forms of Capital; Inequality; Globalization; Multinational Corporations and Their Might; Work, Gender, Family; Inheritance; Informal Economy; The Problematic Issue of Patronage; Markets (including Labor Markets and Former Slave Markets); Patents; A Glance at the "Cousin" Disciplires & A Concise Glossary of Economic Sociology.