ABSTRACT
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall we have been told that no alternative to Western capitalism is possible or desirable. This book challenges this view with two arguments. First, the above premise ignores the enormous variety within capitalism itself. Second, there are enormous forces of transformation within contemporary capitalisms, associated with moves towards a more knowledge-intensive economy. These forces challenge the traditional bases of contract and employment, and could lead to a quite different socio-economic system. Without proposing a static blueprint, this book explores this possible scenario.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|12 pages
Introduction
part I|85 pages
Visions and Illusions
chapter 2|47 pages
Socialism and the Limits to Innovation
chapter 3|36 pages
The Absolutism of Market Individualism
part II|56 pages
The Blindness of Existing Theory
chapter 4|16 pages
The Universality of Mainstream Economics
chapter 5|16 pages
Karl Marx and the Triumph of Capitalism
chapter 6|22 pages
Institutionalism and Varieties of Capitalism
part III|108 pages
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