An introduction to capitalism
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- The development of the capitalist system
- Economic systems
- The rise of capitalism in the United States
- Growth in the US economy, 1865-1914
- Imperialism
- The socialist challenge
- Markets in a capitalist economy
- Markets
- Labor markets
- Labor
- Income distribution
- Personal income and wealth distribution
- Poverty
- Public policy : issues and institutions
- Market failure and government regulation
- The economy and the environment
- Measuring the economy
- Business cycles and unemployment
- The theory of output and employment
- Accumulation and macroeconomic instability
- The federal government budget : instrument of fiscal policy
- Money, banking, and the federal reserve
- International trade
- Recent history and beyond
- The Great Depression : time of economic crisis
- The post-war economic boom
- After the golden age : the rise of free market ideology.