Economics and Utopia : why the learning economy is not the end of history / Geoffrey M. Hodgson.

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 transformati...

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Main Author: Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Series:Economics as social theory.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 337 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-326) and index.
ISBN:0203159616
9780203159613
0203025717
9780203025710
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9781134643202
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.