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Possessive individualism : a crisis of capitalism /

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Daniel Bromley offers a fundamental critique of contemporary capitalism to explain why the world now finds itself in widespread disorder. The basic flaw, he argues, is the triumph of a culture of possessive individualism. As a result, capitalism is no longer an engine of improved livelihoods and soc...

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Main Author: Bromley, Daniel W., 1940- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Capitalism > Philosophy.
Economic history > 21st century.
Histoire économique > 21e siècle.
Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Theory.
Economics.
Government & Business.
Capitalism > Philosophy
Economic history
2000-2099
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • PART I. THE PROBLEMATIC TRIUMPH OF CAPITALISM
  • Chapter 1 The Crisis of Capitalism
  • Chapter 2 Economics: The Dubious Enabler
  • Chapter 3 Emergence of the Isolated Household
  • PART II. THE GREAT UNRAVELLING
  • Chapter 4 The Cleaved Core
  • Chapter 5 The Isolated Periphery
  • PART III. RECOVERING HOPE
  • Chapter 6 Escaping Possessive Individualism
  • Chapter 7 Reimagining the Private Firm
  • Chapter 8 Reimagining the Individual
  • Chapter 9 Recovering Personhood.