The quality of society : essays on the unified theory of capitalism / / Adolfo Figueroa

• Autore: Figueroa Adolfo
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 pages)
• Disciplina: 330.122
• Soggetto topico: Capitalism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction to Unified Theory of Capitalism -- Foundations and Findings -- Unified Theory of Capitalism vs Prevailing Economic Theories -- References -- 2 Scientific Economic Laws of Capitalism -- Science Is Epistemology -- Beta-Propositions as Economic Laws -- Equilibrium Laws -- Causality Laws -- Internalizing Physics and Biology into Economic Process -- On the "Law of Supply and Demand" -- The Nature of Scientific Laws in Economics -- Unified Theory of Capitalism vs Standard Economics -- The Engineering of Economics -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 European Colonialism and Capitalist Development -- The Old World and the New World -- A Brief History of European Colonialism -- Colonialism and the Capitalist Divide -- Some Regional Differences -- The Collapse of European Colonialism -- Conclusions -- Appendix: European Colonial Legacy in Third World Countries -- References -- 4 Hobsbawm's Question on Peasantry -- Andean Peasant Economy: The Geographical and Social Context -- Peasant Farming vs Capitalist Farming in the Andean Highlands -- A Static Sigma Model of the Andean Peasant Economy -- A Dynamic Model -- An Evolutionary Model: From Peasant to Wage Labor -- From Peasant to Part-Time Peasant -- The Effect of Climate Change -- The Effect of Growth in the Illegal Macro-Economy -- Answering Hobsbawm and Amending the Standard Theories -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 On Economic Behavior of Workers -- Standard Theories of Consumer Behavior -- Human Drives in Workers Behavior -- A Static Model -- A Dynamic Model -- Confronting Predictions with Facts -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 Market Prices in the Anthropocene Age -- Markets Under Neoclassical Theory -- Pricing of Exhaustible Natural Resources: Its Refutation. ; Pricing of Exhaustible Natural Resources Under Unified Theory of Capitalism -- Extraction Costs vs Degradation Costs -- Markets Under Unified Theory of Capitalism -- Market System as Institution of Capitalism -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 Inequality, Power Relations, and Democracy -- Unified Theory of Capitalism: How it Explains the Real World -- Economic Growth as Evolutionary Process -- Why Inequality Under Capitalism Is Not Self-Regulating -- The Global Capitalist System as a Sigma Society -- Theory and Facts Confrontations -- Lessons from History -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Income Inequality is Higher in Sigma Than in Epsilon Societies -- References -- 8 Toughest Challenge of Economics: Human Society Isn't Immortal -- Risks of Human Society Collapse -- Economic Growth Process is Evolutionary, not Mechanical -- Economic Growth in the Global Capitalist System -- A Collapse Model of Unified Theory -- Deriving New Public Policies -- Intergenerational Consumption Tradeoffs -- Technological Innovations -- Endosomatic vs Exosomatic Ways of Life -- Meta-Policies to Change Public Policies -- Workers Democracy: Its Requirements -- COVID-19 Pandemic as First Warning of Collapse -- Conclusions -- References -- Author Index -- Countries Index -- Subject Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Quality of Society
• ISBN: 3-030-79565-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910502995403321
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