Capitalism for All

Realizing Its Liberal Promise

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvNeil E. Harrison,John Mikler

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Demonstrates that a true liberal capitalism has the capacity to enable personal well-being while dealing with new challenges such as pandemics, climate change, and automation.Capitalism has lost its glamor. In just three decades since it "defeated" a totalitarian Soviet Union, capitalism is today blamed for slowing growth, a dangerously changing climate, inequality, social misery, and a rise in nationalist populism. How did capitalism fall so far from grace? Capitalism for All show how, quite simply, the governments of the world's wealthiest countries have forgotten capitalism's initial purpose. It was born out of a liberal philosophy that values the competition of ideas and goods in the service of social progress while respecting the individual and preventing excessive power. Yet, with the aid of governments, giant corporations, or "MegaCorps," have usurped power, dominated markets, and reduced competition. The result is not liberal capitalism but what Neil E. Harrison and John Mikler term "CorpoCapitalism," which results in an unhappy populace seeking radical political change while challenges like climate change continue to race forward largely unchecked. Capitalism for All explores how CorpoCapitalism came to be, argues that it is not inevitable, and explains how governments can wrest back power and create a capitalism for all.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-01-01
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt458 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor246
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438486970

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Neil E. Harrison is Founder and Executive Director of The Sustainable Development Institute in Colorado. He is the author of several books, including Sustainable Capitalism and the Pursuit of Well-Being. John Mikler is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author and editor of several books, including coeditor (with Karsten Ronit) of MNCs in Global Politics: Pathways of Influence.

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. The Fading Promise of CapitalismLiberalism and CapitalismPart I: The Promise of Liberalism 2. What's Been Lost: The Dream of LiberalismAbout FreedomLiberalism, Democracy, and CapitalismLiberalism as an IdeaLiberal Capitalism3. The Present and Future Challenges of LiberalismGoverning HappinessClimate ChangeAI, ICT, and AutomationPreparing for a Liberal FuturePart II: Losing Liberalism 4. MegaCorps: Malefactors of Great WealthMegaCorps, Not MarketsNational CorpoCapitalism, Not Global (Neo)liberalismChanging the Debate5. CorpoCapitalism and the Misery of WorkThe Misery of Work from Rich to Poor CountriesThe Potential for Self-RegulationWho Governs?Get Back in the Regulatory Ring6. Providing for Individual WellbeingSocial WelfareVarieties of Welfare StatesThe Future of the Liberal Welfare State7. Taxation and RepresentationThe Business of BusinessThe Business of Government Is BusinessThe Role of Government Is Representing Its CitizensMaking Government and Business Work for SocietyPart III: A Liberal Correction 8. Capitalism and Its DiscontentsInequality and Slow GrowthInequality and WellbeingInequality and Social MobilityDamaged Democracy and the Role of Government9. Technological Innovation for the PeopleThe Market Innovation ProcessNational Innovation SystemsA Mission for Climate ChangeFrom Mission to InnovationInnovation and SocietyGovernment Governing10. The Purpose of the EconomyDemocracy by MegaCorps or for the PeopleEconomic Efficiency or FairnessPreventing Climate CatastropheWealth and CapitalBalancing IncomesGovernment to the Rescue11. The Purpose of the PoliticsControlled Markets, but Not Powerless GovernmentsLiberal ValuesLiberal Values in PracticeClimate ChangeThe Welfare StateSocial ResponsibilityTechnological InnovationBuilding Better States12. The Resilience of Liberal CapitalismAbout ResilienceThe Fragility of CorpoCapitalismThe Resilience of Liberal CapitalismGovernance for ResilienceResilience through Liberal Capitalism13. Progressing to Liberal CapitalismDynamism and InstitutionsReleasing the Death GripNotesBibliographyIndex

"This book holistically explains how corporations have gained and wielded power in the modern international system. Synthesizing a broad range of perspectives gleaned from both classic and cutting-edge literature, the authors explain their methodology and complex interdisciplinary concepts with clarity and ease. Well-documented evidence and abundant examples make their arguments and proposed solutions accessible and especially persuasive." — Tabitha M. Benney, author of Making Environmental Markets Work: The Varieties of Capitalism in Emerging Economies