LEADER 03456oam 2200409 450 001 9910162747503321 005 20170523091549.0 010 $a0-7377-6515-1 035 $a(OCoLC)777934851 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL4XMO 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000024005 100 $a20110908d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCapitalism /$fNoel Merino, book editor 210 1$aDetroit :$cGreenhaven Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (252 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aGlobal viewpoints 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7377-5646-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $ach. 1. Capitalism around the world. In France and Germany, anticapitalist attitudes are widespread / Stefan Theil -- Scandinavian countries practice a superior form of capitalism / Dominique Moisi -- Popular opinion in China favors capitalism / James A. Dorn -- In Russia, so-called Kremlin capitalism is fascism, not capitalism / Peter Foster -- Africa is undergoing a capitalist revolution that must continue / Ethan B. Kapstein -- ch. 2. Capitalism and the global financial crisis. Unbridled capitalism is to blame for the worldwide financial crisis / Rowan Williams -- Entrepreneurial capitalism is not to blame for the worldwide financial crisis / Leszek Balcerowicz -- Capitalism worldwide is threatened by US government response to the financial crisis / Gary S. Becker and Kevin Murphy -- The crisis of capitalism requires that the United States move away from consumerism / Benjamin R. Barber -- Australia should respond to the financial crisis by rejecting extreme capitalism / Kevin Rudd -- The impact of the crisis on the developing world shows the failure of global capitalism / Jayati Ghosh -- ch. 3. Capitalism and democracy. Capitalism is threatening democracy worldwide / Robert B. Reich -- In the United States and the United Kingdom, democracy threatens capitalism / Anatole Kaletsky -- Capitalism improves the lives of women more than democracy does / Michael D. Stroup -- In many countries, capitalism exists without democracy / Paul Gottfried -- In China, capitalism exists without political democracy / Boris Johnson -- In Latin America, democratic countries are rejecting capitalism / Naomi Klein -- ch. 4. Capitalism and social welfare spending. Europe should not abandon its social model of capitalism / Jeremy Rifkin -- In the United States, social insurance balances the harms of capitalism / Mark Thoma -- The United States should reduce government involvement in social welfare / Jim Manzi -- Japan's model of ethical capitalism promotes advanced welfare / Japan Economic Foundation -- In Canada, the welfare system has masked the problems with capitalism / Ellen Russell -- Iran is experiencing an ongoing struggle between welfare spending and privatization / Rostam Pourzal -- Portugal's welfare state is keeping it from succeeding economically / George Bragues. 330 $aExamines the issue of capitalism from a variety of international perspectives. 410 0$aGlobal viewpoints. 606 $aCapitalism 615 0$aCapitalism. 676 $a330.12/2 702 $aMerino$b Noel 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162747503321 996 $aCapitalism$9467154 997 $aUNINA