1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008136100403321

Autore

Cull, Paul

Titolo

Difference equations / P.Cull,M.Flahive,R.Robson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Springer, c2005

ISBN

0-387-23234-6

Descrizione fisica

xiii,392 p ; 24 cm

Collana

Undergraduate texts in mathematics

Altri autori (Persone)

Flahive, Mary

Robson, Robby

Disciplina

515.62

Locazione

MA1

Collocazione

C-4-(124

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458741903321

Autore

Rogers Chris

Titolo

Capitalism and its alternatives / / Chris Rogers ; cover designed by Steven Marsden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78032-739-0

1-78032-740-4

1-78032-736-6

1-78032-738-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Disciplina

330.122

Soggetti

Capitalism - History

Capitalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; About the author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Capitalism and Its Alternatives; Introduction; Traditions of resistance; 1 Four Faces of Capitalism; Introduction; The political economy of Adam Smith; Karl Marx's critique of political economy; Keynesian political economy; Hayek's free economy and strong state; Conclusion; 2 Capitalism and Its Crises; Introduction; The interwar collapse and the Great Depression; The break-up of Bretton Woods and the 1970's stagflation; The sub-prime crisis and the Great Recession; Crisis tendencies in capitalism

Conclusions 3 Alternatives to Capitalism; Introduction; A libertarian alternative capitalism; A cooperative alternative to capitalism; A socialist alternative to capitalism; Conclusions; 4 Anti-Capitalism; Introduction; The capitalist state; Within the state; Through the state; Against the state; Challenges for anti-capitalism; Conclusions; Conclusions: From Here to There?; From here to there/What is to be done?; References; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

The global economic crisis has catalysed debates about the merits of



capitalism as a system for organizing production, distribution and exchange. Political elites have argued that capitalism is not fundamentally pernicious or crisis-prone and can be successfully reformed with the right set of policies. Conversely, many have argued that a wholesale change of attitude towards the status and creation of wealth in contemporary society is required if crises of this kind are to be prevented in the future. In Capitalism and Its Alternatives, Chris Rogers provides a critical introduction to theories...