LEADER 03075nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910654220103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-64319-5 010 $a1-134-64320-9 010 $a0-203-15961-6 010 $a1-280-33213-1 010 $a0-203-02571-7 010 $a9786610332137 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203025710 035 $a(CKB)1000000000249430 035 $a(EBL)165341 035 $a(OCoLC)57016931 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000079410 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11107833 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079410 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10067589 035 $a(PQKB)11654858 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165341 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165341 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5001558 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33213 035 $a(OCoLC)1000425574 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000249430 100 $a19980416d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEconomics and Utopia $ewhy the learning economy is not the end of history /$fGeoffrey M. Hodgson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (359 p.) 225 1 $aEconomics as social theory 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-19685-X 311 $a0-415-07506-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-326) and index. 327 $aBook 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 330 $aSince the fall of the Berlin Wall we have been told that no alternative to Western capitalism is possible or desirable. This book challenges this view with two arguments. First, the above premise ignores the enormous variety within capitalism itself. Second, there are enormous forces of transformation within contemporary capitalisms, associated with moves towards a more knowledge-intensive economy. These forces challenge the traditional bases of contract and employment, and could lead to a quite different socio-economic system. Without proposing a static blueprint, this book explores this poss 410 0$aEconomics as social theory. 606 $aLiberalism 606 $aEconomics 606 $aUtopian socialism 606 $aMarxian economics 615 0$aLiberalism. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aUtopian socialism. 615 0$aMarxian economics. 676 $a330 700 $aHodgson$b Geoffrey Martin$f1946-$0118455 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910654220103321 996 $aEconomics and utopia$9661222 997 $aUNINA