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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459204703321

Autore

Ringmar Erik

Titolo

Surviving capitalism : how we learned to live with the market and remained almost human / / Erik Ringmar [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-283-37771-3

9786613377715

1-84331-761-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem studies in development and globalization

Disciplina

306.3/42

Soggetti

Capitalism - Social aspects

Globalization - Economic aspects

Globalization - Political aspects

Social change - History

Social values

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. The inevitability and inhumanity of capitalism -- ; 2. How society protects itself -- ; 3. The European idea of the home -- ; 4. The Chinese family -- ; 5. European sects, guilds and trade unions -- ; 6. Japanese business corporations -- ; 7. Personal Thais, and how they survived the boom -- ; 8. Versions of the European state -- ; 9. The state in China and Japan -- ; 10. How we survived capitalism -- ; 11. The coming crisis.

Sommario/riassunto

A fresh, funny and imaginative discourse on the nature of capitalism and how society has learned to cope with it.