Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Free Enterprise & Capitalism

Since the global economic crisis of 2007-2008, capitalism has been the topic of widespread general discussion in both mainstream and social media. In this book, Christian Chun examines the discourses of capitalism taken up by people in their responses to a street art installation created by Steve Lambert, entitled Capitalism works for me In doing so, he considers several key questions including:

• How do everyday people view and make sense of capitalism and its role in their work and personal lives?
• What are the discourses they use in...

Since the global economic crisis of 2007-2008, 'capitalism' has been the topic of widespread general discussion in both mainstream and social media. In this book, Christian W. Chun examines the discourses of capitalism taken up by people in their responses to a street art installation created by Steve Lambert, entitled Capitalism Works for Me In doing so, he considers several key questions, including:

• How do everyday people view and make sense of capitalism and its role in their work and personal lives?
• What are the discourses they use...

The unifying theme of the essays in this volume is the increasing national and global power and reach of the market and its growing impact on all aspects of human life. The phrase "the market" denotes both the corporate institutions that are the leading and dominant factors in production, trade, and finance, and the arrangements, mechanisms, and practices that permit and facilitate the buying and selling of goods and money.

Thus, the "triumph of the market" refers to the sharp increase in power, and hegemonic position, of the dominant market participants and to the now almost...

This book, first published in 1980, is based on a series of lectures entitled "Theoretical Problems of American Political Economy" that Lynn Turgeon made during the fall of 1978 at Moscow State University. The Advanced Capitalist System: A Revisionist View will be of interest to students of politics and economics.

When Noah showed up after the flood, he only had his own life, seven other people, some animals and few seeds of grape to show for all of his trouble. His turning point was in what he chose to be and eventually did rather than what fate handed down to him. Noah quickly realised that living is investing and that starting off in ife is not restricted to the avialabillity of 'tangible' or material capital. Intabgible capital are the sourcing points and value leveraging points for the so called material capital. Life itself may be unfair, investors bring values beyond mere survival into their...

The American political system has been thrown into chaos. Who would have predicted the success that Donald Trump had in 2016? But look under the surface and the answer is obvious.

Americans are deeply worried their economic future. They worry that other countries, like Germany, Japan, and China are gaining, or have passed us, while the American middle class falls farther behind. Why are those countries winning?

Welcome to the world of global specialization. Today, countries and regions of the world are focusing and dominating in certain industry sectors like...