Economics and Utopia : why the learning economy is not the end of history / / Geoffrey M. Hodgson

• Autore: Hodgson Geoffrey Martin <1946, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetto topico: Liberalism; Economics; Utopian socialism; Marxian economics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-326) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Since 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Economics and Utopia
• ISBN: 1-134-64320-9; 0-203-15961-6; 1-280-33213-1; 0-203-02571-7; 9786610332137
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450105303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Economics as social theory.