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008			171023s2017 mau ob 001 0 eng d
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050	0	4	_aHB90 _b.I833 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aCorneo, Giacomo G., _e1
245	1	0	_aIs capitalism obsolete? : _ba journey through alternative economic systems / _cGiacomo Corneo ; translated by Daniel Steuer.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 304 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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500			_aTranslated from the German.
500			_a"First published as Bessere Welt: Hat der Kapitalismus Ausgedient? Eine Reise durch Alternative Wirtschaftssysteme by Giacomo Corneo (c) 2014 Goldegg Verlag GmbH, Berlin and Vienna."
520	0		_aIs there a feasible and desirable alternative to capitalism? Challenging capitalism has been somewhat taboo for academic economists since the collapse of communism. And yet it remains a hot question, not just because nine years after the outbreak of the financial crisis, unemployment is still ravaging entire societies, but also because the long-term prospects of capitalism are no longer as bright as they used to be. As Thomas Piketty warns in Capital in the Twenty-First Century, we have cause to fear the resurgence of a kind of rentiers' society, where economic and political power are concentrated in the hands of a small minority of rich heirs. Is Capitalism Obsolete? provides a refreshing overview of possible alternatives to capitalism and offers a recipe for improving the human lot. Given the necessity of identifying viable alternatives, Is Capitalism Obsolete? provides an intellectual tour of various proposed economic systems in which production and consumption obey non-capitalistic rules, from Plato's Republic of Philosophers to the Christian-Social State of the Jesuits in Paraguay, and on through Morus's Utopia, anarchic communism, central planning, self-management, market socialism, and the notion of the stakeholder society. Clearly, capitalism is not without alternatives. But along with the promises of various systems, daunting problems arise when the basic institutions of capitalism--markets and private property--are suppressed. The traditional counterproposals to capitalism fail to pass a test of economic feasibility despite the shortcomings of today's capitalism. Corneo arrives at a proposal to gradually transform capitalism into a system that will better share prosperity and foster democratic participation.-- _cProvided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aPrologue: A father and daughter debate -- _tPhilosophers and failures of the state -- _tUtopia and common ownership -- _tCooperation, rationality, values -- _tLuxury and anarchism -- _tPlanning -- _tSelf-management -- _tMarkets and socialism -- _tShareholder socialism -- _tUniversal basic income and basic capital -- _tMarket economy plus welfare state -- _tEpilogue: A father and daughter come to terms.
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650		0	_aComparative economics.
650		0	_aMacroeconomics.
650		0	_aCapitalism.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aSteuer, Daniel, _etrl
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1619676&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell