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Title: Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World
Author: Milanovic, Branko
ISBN: 9780674260306
Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Published: 2021
Binding: Quality
Language: English
Condition: New
New from the publisher
Non-Fiction 1332626
Publisher Description:
--Gordon Brown "Erudite, illuminating...Narrative in style and engaging to read...Milanovic chronicles the rise of authoritarian capitalism, both in nations that once epitomized liberal capitalism such as the U.S. and in countries like China, which are partly capitalist but show no signs of turning liberal...As a virtuoso economist, Milanovic is superb when he is compiling and assessing data."
--Robert Kuttner, New York Review of Books "Leaves little doubt that the social contract no longer holds. Whether you live in Beijing or New York, the time for renegotiation is approaching."
--Edward Luce, Financial Times "A scholar of inequality warns that while capitalism may have seen off rival economic systems, the survival of liberal democracies is anything but assured."
--The Economist We are all capitalists now. For the first time in human history, the world is dominated by one economic system. At some level capitalism has triumphed because it works: it delivers prosperity and gratifies our desire for autonomy. But this comes at a moral price, pushing us to treat material success as the ultimate goal, and offers no guarantee of stability. While Western liberal capitalism creaks under the strains of inequality and excess, some are flaunting the virtues of a more authoritarian political capitalism, exemplified by China, which may be more efficient, but is also vulnerable to corruption and social unrest. One of the outstanding economists of his generation, Branko Milanovic mines the data to tell his ambitious and compelling story
Author: Milanovic, Branko
ISBN: 9780674260306
Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Published: 2021
Binding: Quality
Language: English
Condition: New
New from the publisher
Non-Fiction 1332626
Publisher Description:
An Economist Book of the Year
A Financial Times Book of the Year
A Prospect Top Thinker for the COVID-19 Age
A ProMarket Book of the Year
An Omidyar Network "8 Storytellers Informing How We've been Reimagining Capitalism" Selection
--Gordon Brown "Erudite, illuminating...Narrative in style and engaging to read...Milanovic chronicles the rise of authoritarian capitalism, both in nations that once epitomized liberal capitalism such as the U.S. and in countries like China, which are partly capitalist but show no signs of turning liberal...As a virtuoso economist, Milanovic is superb when he is compiling and assessing data."
--Robert Kuttner, New York Review of Books "Leaves little doubt that the social contract no longer holds. Whether you live in Beijing or New York, the time for renegotiation is approaching."
--Edward Luce, Financial Times "A scholar of inequality warns that while capitalism may have seen off rival economic systems, the survival of liberal democracies is anything but assured."
--The Economist We are all capitalists now. For the first time in human history, the world is dominated by one economic system. At some level capitalism has triumphed because it works: it delivers prosperity and gratifies our desire for autonomy. But this comes at a moral price, pushing us to treat material success as the ultimate goal, and offers no guarantee of stability. While Western liberal capitalism creaks under the strains of inequality and excess, some are flaunting the virtues of a more authoritarian political capitalism, exemplified by China, which may be more efficient, but is also vulnerable to corruption and social unrest. One of the outstanding economists of his generation, Branko Milanovic mines the data to tell his ambitious and compelling story
