Liberalism and Capitalism Today

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• Full Title: Liberalism and Capitalism Today/ Lehmann.

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• 1st ed.

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• Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1: The Conditions in Which Liberalism and Capitalism Appeared -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. Political and Legal Conditions -- 1.1. Liberalism and democracy: new eldorados of political thought and political life -- 1.1.1. Liberalism, defender of the superiority of the individual, and its economic application, capitalism -- 1.1.2. The reduced role of the state and different positions in relation to monopolies -- 1.1.3. Democracy as a guarantee of freedom and equality -- 1.1.4. The economic consequences of democracy -- 1.2. The right of ownership as a necessary condition for savings and capital formation -- 1.2.1. Freedom as a condition of private property -- 1.2.2. Land ownership -- 1.2.3. Property rights and savings -- 1.3. The advent of the bourgeoisie -- 1.3.1. The hold of the military and the nobility in Antiquity -- 1.3.2. The emergence of the urban bourgeoisie: a Western phenomenon -- 1.3.3. When economic power... -- 1.3.4. ... transforms into political power -- 1.4. The nascent authority of state bureaucracy -- 1.4.1. Legitimate coercion by the state -- 1.4.2. The evolution of the activities of state bureaucracy actors -- 1.4.3. Advantages and disadvantages of state bureaucracy -- 2. Economic and Sociological Conditions -- 2.1. Trade and industry: competitors of agriculture and the craft industry -- 2.1.1. The lesser role of agriculture -- 2.1.2. The growing role of trade... -- 2.1.3. ... generated by free competition at national levels... -- 2.1.4. ... and international levels -- 2.2. The dangers of industrialization -- 2.2.1. Industrialization and the destructiveness of the division of labor for humanity -- 2.2.2. The appearance of an industrial aristocracy -- 2.2.3. Corporate concentration -- 2.2.4. Growing pauperism.
• 2.3. The decisive influence of the Protestant religion on economic rationalization -- 2.3.1. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism -- 2.3.2. The sacredness of work and profit -- 2.3.3. The need for growth -- 2.3.4. Rationalization of the economy -- 2.4. The role of money and financial markets -- 2.4.1. The need for money -- 2.4.2. The first banks -- 2.4.3. The first financial markets -- PART 2: The Evolution of Liberalism and Capitalism -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 3. The Birth of a New Capitalism in a New World: Financial Capitalism -- 3.1. The emergence and development of financial capitalism -- 3.1.1. Globalization -- 3.1.2. The information revolution -- 3.1.3. The financial revolution -- 3.2. Changes in corporate governance -- 3.2.1. Taking sustainable development into account... -- 3.2.2. ... and pollution -- 3.3. New economic policies -- 3.3.1. The need to combat rising prices -- 3.3.2. Monetary policy to combat inflation -- 3.3.3. Discretionary versus automatic economic policy -- 3.4. From the perfection of theoretical capitalism to the crises of real capitalism -- 3.4.1. Changes in the assumptions of pure and perfect competition -- 3.4.2. Questioning the uniqueness of prices -- 3.4.3. Expectations which are supposedly too perfect -- 3.5. Recurrent causes of the crises of capitalism -- 3.5.1. The beginnings of any financial crash: an innovation stemming from a need for financing -- 3.5.2. From speculation to collective psychosis -- 3.5.3. A monetary expansion -- 3.5.4. The bursting of the financial bubble -- 3.6. Some examples of crises of capitalism -- 3.6.1. The crises following the discovery of the New World -- 3.6.2. Crises due to the transportation revolution -- 3.6.3. The 1929 crisis -- 3.6.4. The 1987 crash -- 3.6.5. The crisis of the new economy in the year 2000 -- 4. Towards 21st Century Capitalism.
• 4.1. A responsible and proactive economic policy -- 4.1.1. A policy of growth -- 4.1.2. The search for price stability -- 4.1.3. Improving the functioning of markets through positive regulation... -- 4.1.4. ... in order to ensure the ethics of capitalism... -- 4.1.5. ... and respect for the freedom of the market -- 4.2. Finance that respects the principles of capitalism -- 4.2.1. Banking regulation in the form of minimum prudential ratios -- 4.2.2. Financial regulation -- 4.2.3. The need for transparency on unregulated markets -- 4.2.4. Regulation of the over-the-counter markets -- 4.3. Renewed corporate governance -- 4.3.1. Better controlled accounting standards -- 4.3.2. A different kind of business management -- 4.3.3. The necessity of training employees and citizens in general -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management -- EULA.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 9781786306890; 1786306891; 9781119842170; 1119842174; 1119842220; 9781119842224
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)1272921387

Publication Statement

• Place: [S.l.]
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Date: 2021

Physical Description

• Extent: 1 online resource

Table Of Contents

• Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1: The Conditions in Which Liberalism and Capitalism Appeared -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. Political and Legal Conditions -- 1.1. Liberalism and democracy: new eldorados of political thought and political life -- 1.1.1. Liberalism, defender of the superiority of the individual, and its economic application, capitalism -- 1.1.2. The reduced role of the state and different positions in relation to monopolies -- 1.1.3. Democracy as a guarantee of freedom and equality -- 1.1.4. The economic consequences of democracy -- 1.2. The right of ownership as a necessary condition for savings and capital formation -- 1.2.1. Freedom as a condition of private property -- 1.2.2. Land ownership -- 1.2.3. Property rights and savings -- 1.3. The advent of the bourgeoisie -- 1.3.1. The hold of the military and the nobility in Antiquity -- 1.3.2. The emergence of the urban bourgeoisie: a Western phenomenon -- 1.3.3. When economic power... -- 1.3.4. ... transforms into political power -- 1.4. The nascent authority of state bureaucracy -- 1.4.1. Legitimate coercion by the state -- 1.4.2. The evolution of the activities of state bureaucracy actors -- 1.4.3. Advantages and disadvantages of state bureaucracy -- 2. Economic and Sociological Conditions -- 2.1. Trade and industry: competitors of agriculture and the craft industry -- 2.1.1. The lesser role of agriculture -- 2.1.2. The growing role of trade... -- 2.1.3. ... generated by free competition at national levels... -- 2.1.4. ... and international levels -- 2.2. The dangers of industrialization -- 2.2.1. Industrialization and the destructiveness of the division of labor for humanity -- 2.2.2. The appearance of an industrial aristocracy -- 2.2.3. Corporate concentration -- 2.2.4. Growing pauperism.
• 2.3. The decisive influence of the Protestant religion on economic rationalization -- 2.3.1. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism -- 2.3.2. The sacredness of work and profit -- 2.3.3. The need for growth -- 2.3.4. Rationalization of the economy -- 2.4. The role of money and financial markets -- 2.4.1. The need for money -- 2.4.2. The first banks -- 2.4.3. The first financial markets -- PART 2: The Evolution of Liberalism and Capitalism -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 3. The Birth of a New Capitalism in a New World: Financial Capitalism -- 3.1. The emergence and development of financial capitalism -- 3.1.1. Globalization -- 3.1.2. The information revolution -- 3.1.3. The financial revolution -- 3.2. Changes in corporate governance -- 3.2.1. Taking sustainable development into account... -- 3.2.2. ... and pollution -- 3.3. New economic policies -- 3.3.1. The need to combat rising prices -- 3.3.2. Monetary policy to combat inflation -- 3.3.3. Discretionary versus automatic economic policy -- 3.4. From the perfection of theoretical capitalism to the crises of real capitalism -- 3.4.1. Changes in the assumptions of pure and perfect competition -- 3.4.2. Questioning the uniqueness of prices -- 3.4.3. Expectations which are supposedly too perfect -- 3.5. Recurrent causes of the crises of capitalism -- 3.5.1. The beginnings of any financial crash: an innovation stemming from a need for financing -- 3.5.2. From speculation to collective psychosis -- 3.5.3. A monetary expansion -- 3.5.4. The bursting of the financial bubble -- 3.6. Some examples of crises of capitalism -- 3.6.1. The crises following the discovery of the New World -- 3.6.2. Crises due to the transportation revolution -- 3.6.3. The 1929 crisis -- 3.6.4. The 1987 crash -- 3.6.5. The crisis of the new economy in the year 2000 -- 4. Towards 21st Century Capitalism.
• 4.1. A responsible and proactive economic policy -- 4.1.1. A policy of growth -- 4.1.2. The search for price stability -- 4.1.3. Improving the functioning of markets through positive regulation... -- 4.1.4. ... in order to ensure the ethics of capitalism... -- 4.1.5. ... and respect for the freedom of the market -- 4.2. Finance that respects the principles of capitalism -- 4.2.1. Banking regulation in the form of minimum prudential ratios -- 4.2.2. Financial regulation -- 4.2.3. The need for transparency on unregulated markets -- 4.2.4. Regulation of the over-the-counter markets -- 4.3. Renewed corporate governance -- 4.3.1. Better controlled accounting standards -- 4.3.2. A different kind of business management -- 4.3.3. The necessity of training employees and citizens in general -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management -- EULA.

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