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Autore |
Hodgson Geoffrey Martin <1946, > |
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Titolo |
Economics and Utopia : why the learning economy is not the end of history / / Geoffrey M. Hodgson |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-64320-9 |
0-203-15961-6 |
1-280-33213-1 |
0-203-02571-7 |
9786610332137 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (359 p.) |
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Collana |
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Economics as social theory |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Liberalism |
Economics |
Utopian socialism |
Marxian economics |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-326) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; INTRODUCTION; SOCIALISM AND THE LIMITS TO INNOVATION; THE ABSOLUTISM OF MARKET INDIVIDUALISM; THE UNIVERSALITY OF MAINSTREAM ECONOMICS; KARL MARX AND THE TRIUMPH OF CAPITALISM; INSTITUTIONALISM AND VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM; CONTRACT AND CAPITALISM; KNOWLEDGE AND EMPLOYMENT; THE END OF CAPITALISM?; THE LEARNING FRONTIER; SOME NORMATIVE AND POLICY ISSUES; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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