03075nam 2200721 a 450 991065422010332120200520144314.01-134-64319-51-134-64320-90-203-15961-61-280-33213-10-203-02571-7978661033213710.4324/9780203025710(CKB)1000000000249430(EBL)165341(OCoLC)57016931(SSID)ssj0000079410(PQKBManifestationID)11107833(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079410(PQKBWorkID)10067589(PQKB)11654858(MiAaPQ)EBC165341(Au-PeEL)EBL165341(CaPaEBR)ebr5001558(CaONFJC)MIL33213(OCoLC)1000425574(EXLCZ)99100000000024943019980416d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEconomics and Utopia why the learning economy is not the end of history /Geoffrey M. Hodgson1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19991 online resource (359 p.)Economics as social theoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-19685-X 0-415-07506-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-326) and index.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; IndexSince 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 possEconomics as social theory.LiberalismEconomicsUtopian socialismMarxian economicsLiberalism.Economics.Utopian socialism.Marxian economics.330Hodgson Geoffrey Martin1946-118455MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910654220103321Economics and utopia661222UNINA