The Quality of Society . Volume III. : Essays on the Unified Theory of Capitalism / / Adolfo Figueroa

• Autore: Figueroa Adolfo
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023]; ©2023
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 pages)
• Disciplina: 330.122
• Soggetto topico: Capitalism; Cultural pluralism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Unified Theory of Capitalism: Its Main Traits -- Economic Growth with Social Maladies -- Chapters' Themes and Conclusions -- Chapter 2 -- Chapters 3-5 -- Chapters 6-8 -- Chapters 9 and 10 -- Book's Conclusions -- On Readership -- References -- 2 Science is Epistemology, and Economics is Too -- Empirical Research Limitations -- Beginning with Epistemology: Falsificationism -- Abstract Process Epistemology -- Composite Epistemology and Alpha-Beta Method -- Unified Theory of Capitalism: A Summary -- Unified Theory of Capitalism vs Other Economic Theories -- Causality Relations and the Underlying Factors -- The Role of Empirical Research -- References -- 3 Economics of Electoral Democracy -- Context: Capitalism Under the Lenses of Unified Theory -- A Static and Short Run Model of the Electoral Competition -- The Electoral Competition in the First World and Third World -- Empirical Predictions of the Model and Refutation -- The Nature of Electoral Democracy -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Labor Market Singularities -- The Nature of the Labor Market: UTC vs Other Theories -- UTC: Epsilon and Sigma Models -- Comparison with Other Economic Theories -- Model 1: A Short Run Labor Market Model of Sigma Theory -- The Excess Labor Supply Subsystem -- The Overall Equilibrium -- Empirical Predictions vs Facts -- Model 2: The Role of Legal Minimum Wage -- Model 3: Labor Markets in Pandemic Times -- Changes in the Length of the Working Period -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 Biological and Social Factors of Income Inequality -- Model 1: A Capitalist Society with δ1 = 0 -- Introducing the School System -- The Economic Process with a New Level of Human Capital -- Model 2: A Capitalist Society with δ2 = ( δk ) > -- 0 -- Introducing the Schooling System. ; Economic Process with Human Capital Change -- Introducing Multiple Talents and Multiple Industries -- Model 3: A Capitalist Society with δ3 = ( δk , δh ) > -- 0 -- Model 4: The Sigma Society: δ4 = ( δk , δh , δs ) > -- 0 -- Falsifying the Models -- Policy Implications -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality -- Pure Market Economy: A Static and Short Run Model of UTC -- Model 1: Introducing Sales Taxes and Universal Public Goods -- Partial Equilibrium Analysis -- General Equilibrium Analysis -- The Effect of Sales Taxes and Spending on Universal Public Goods -- Model 2: Income and Sales Tax and Universal Public Goods -- Model 3 (Final): Income and Sales Taxes with Universal and Local Public Goods -- Confronting the Model Against Facts -- The Long Run Analysis -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 Inequality and Illegal International Markets: The Case of Cocaine -- The Cocaine Industry: A Brief Description -- A Static and Short Run Model of Cocaine Market -- Prices and Quantities -- Profits and Income Distribution in the Industry -- Empirical Predictions and Refutation -- Stochastic Model -- Comparative Statics -- Confronting the Model Predictions Against Facts -- Cocaine Industry Nature -- Public Policies -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Social Change Questions in Today's Capitalism -- Economic Growth Process -- Changes in Social Relations Within Capitalism -- Changes in Legal and Illegal Relations -- Changes in Social Structure -- Marxian Social Change Theory -- Alternative Theory of Social Change -- Not Social Change, but Collapse -- Persistence of the First World-Third World Divide -- Final Remarks -- Conclusions -- References -- 9 Quality of Society and the Anthropocene Age -- Economic Growth as Evolutionary Process -- Quality of Society: Its Components -- Quality of Society as Normative Criterion. ; Explaining the Limited Social Progress -- Comparison with Neoclassical Economics -- Conclusions -- References -- 10 Planning Through Markets in the Anthropocene Age -- Deterministic Economic Processes -- Stochastic Economic Processes -- Scarcity in the Anthropocene Age -- Empirical Refutation of the Evolutionary Model -- Public Policies Against Pollution and Climate Change -- Dynamic Efficiency in the Anthropocene Age -- Planning Through Markets -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- Guide to the Book Series on Unified Theory of Capitalism, Ordered by Themes and Chapters -- Foundations of Unified Theory of Capitalism: Alpha Propositions, Basic Models, and Facts -- Author Index -- Countries Index -- Subject Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Quality of Society
• ISBN: 3-031-21072-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910755075503321
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