Tag: Capitalism

June 28, 2023

The Man Who Broke Capitalism

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Free Download The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy by David Gelles
English | May 31, 2022 | ISBN: 198217644X | 249 pages | PDF | 3.64 Mb
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June 27, 2023

A Contribution to the Critique of Contemporary Capitalism Theoretical and International Perspectives

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Free Download Ph.D. Das, Raju J., "A Contribution to the Critique of Contemporary Capitalism: Theoretical and International Perspectives"
English | 2014 | pages: 215 | ISBN: 1631175599, 1634831497 | PDF | 2,4 mb
The book is a critique of the capitalist world, including both the injustices it inflicts and the acts of resistance it provokes, which end up reproducing it. The book is also a critique of the ideas about this world, especially some of the ideas which are considered to be progressive. The book talks about why so-called critical thought as it exists is inadequate; why genuine critique is possible and necessary; what its different forms and attributes are; and who it is aimed toward: the masses or academia? This book presents what it considers to be the most adequate form of critique: the Marxist critique. This is a critique which explains humanity’s problems, mainly in terms of the conflict-ridden social relations that determine how society’s resources are used, which seeks to democratically transcend the current arrangements to establish popular democracy in all spheres of life; economic, political and cultural. The book then employs the principles of the Marxist critique to shed light on specific issues in the world as they exist or on the so-called progressive ideas about these issues, such as poverty and inequality in India; industrial disasters in the US; labour unfreedom in the capitalist North and South; the relation between economic and political power in modern society; social democracy; development of capitalism in rural areas and imperialism; pharmaceutical fraud and the consequent threat to human health in the US and the Maoist movement and protest politics (of the anarchist type’ left) against dispossession and other forms of injustice.

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June 26, 2023

Western Capitalism in Transition Global Processes, Local Challenges

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Free Download Western Capitalism in Transition: Global Processes, Local Challenges By Alberta Andreotti (editor), David Benassi (editor), Yuri Kazepov (editor)
2018 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 1526122413 | PDF | 9 MB
Since its emergence at the end of the seventeenth century, industrial capitalism as a specific form of social organisation has set recurrent challenges to its own persistence, and until today, it has proved to be successful to develop new ways of accumulation based on its capacity of adaptation. Is this process of transition now accelerating or reaching an end point? This book is a critical exploration of capitalism in transition, bringing together cutting edge, world renowned scholars who reflect from different disciplinary points of view. This collection engages with the primarily Western themes of welfare capitalism and social fragmentation. Structured over three parts, the book analyses; the transformations of welfare societies and capitalism with a focus on South European welfare states and their (in)capacity to tackle poverty; the transformation of work and migration with a special attention to informality and the question of social rights; and the transformation of cities.

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June 26, 2023

On Civilizing Capitalism

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English | 2023 | ISBN: 303129680X | 356 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2 MB
This book shows how modern political, economic and moral theory, including our ideas of liberty and individualism, are trapped in 17th century notions of intuitive reasoning and not informed by modern scientific understanding. Brian Ellis starts with a re-appraisal of the founding of the United Nations and the political and economic policies of the post-war reconstruction period. He then shows how this period, despite its many faults, embodied a philosophy more closely embedded in scientific realism than dominant theories of either left or right today. He goes on to develop this philosophy, meticulously, demolishing theories of Rawls, Nozick and others along the way. The result is a philosophy that investigates how a society actually works, supports evidence-based economics and can better enable human beings to flourish. It is a philosophy that can also accommodate the historical differences between societies and their different, but parallel, development strategies over time.

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April 10, 2023

Cultural Studies and Finance Capitalism The Economic Crisis and After

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Free Download Mark Hayward, "Cultural Studies and Finance Capitalism: The Economic Crisis and After"
English | ISBN: 1138111163 | 2017 | 184 pages | EPUB | 775 KB
While many discussions of the economic crisis of 2007-2008 have sought to explain the causes of the financial collapse, this volume looks to supplement these accounts by exploring possible alternatives for the post-crisis world in which we now live. However, rather than offering a strictly economic approach, Cultural Studies and Finance Capitalism argues that the crisis was as much cultural as economic, and that any way forward must understand the complex relationship between media, culture and the economy. The chapters in this volume deal with a wide range of themes including celebrity culture, media coverage of the economy, examinations of economic theory and financial markets. They bring together research that combines an historical perspective with a view towards the future of critical cultural and political analysis. In a period marked by anxiety and economic austerity, this volume offers the reader tools for understanding the place and importance of cultural research in the post-crisis era.

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