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Jan 25, 2021 · Why was American capitalism so successful, so unique? Harvard Business School's Walter Friedman not only answers that question but does so in just 150 pages in the recently released American Business History: A Very Short Introduction .
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In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded. by Sean...
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We should ask whether capitalism poses as much a threat to democracy as collectivism. We should ask whether the institutions of liberty promote the general welfare more than the rule of experts. All the evidence points toward liberal democracy performing better than democratic socialism at securing benefits for the people.
This essay discusses three different approaches to the study of democratic redistri- bution, and then considers the recent literature on capitalism as an economic system and how economic and democratic institutions may relate to each other.
Jul 5, 2021 · Bryan Caplan's an economist and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, Vivek Chibber studies Marxist theory and historical sociology, and Kristen Ghodsee is an expert in what happened after the...
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Nov 1, 2021 · A proud, self-proclaimed democratic socialist, Sanders set his political sights on capitalism—especially in its corporate form—which he clearly named and then blamed for the economic...
From Levy's overly schematic treatment of Jacksonian antimonopoly politics in the chapter “Capitalism and Democracy,” one would never realize that it was the Whigs who were behind New York's pathbreaking free banking law.
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In Ages of American Capitalism, Jonathan Levy proves that, contrary to political dogma, capitalism in the United States has never been just one thing. Instead, it has morphed throughout the country’s history—and it’s likely changing again right now.