Juggernaut
Subtitle: why the system crushes the only people who can save it
By: Eric Robert Morse
Publisher: New Classic Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Austin, Texas]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9781600200496
Subjects: Economic conditions; Economic history; Economic policy; Wealth
Description: The author explains why the modern system has become so unwiedly and explains what must be done to correct it. He takes readers on an epic journey, from the dawn of Free-market Capitalism during the Age of Exploration, through the Industrial Revolution and Adam Smith, to the rise of Keynesianism and the dominance of the Welfare State. -- from back cover.
Table of contents: title: I. Wealth: 1. Mudus novus; title: 2. The origin of wealth; title: 3. Laissez faire, Morbleu!; title: 4. The abstractions of wealth; title: 5. Complexity; title: II. Competition: 1. The close of the economic system; title: 2. Interdependency; title: 3. The transformation of wealth; title: 4. The zero-sum problem; title: 5. Monopoly; title: 6. Exploitation; title: III. Government: 1. The great switch; title: 2. New feudalism; title: 3. The costs of transferring wealth; title: 4. In perpetuum; title: 5. The moral effect of the state; title: IV. Autarchy: 1. Reassessment; title: 2. Working within the system; title: 3. Fixing the system; title: 4. Transcending the system.