An introduction to capitalism
By: Paul Swanson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780415550925; 9780415779081; 9780203100325
Subjects: Economic policy; Labor market; Free enterprise; Fiscal policy; Keynesian economics
Table of contents: title: The development of the capitalist system; title: Economic systems; title: The rise of capitalism in the United States; title: Growth in the US economy, 1865-1914; title: Imperialism; title: The socialist challenge; title: Markets in a capitalist economy; title: Markets; title: Labor markets; title: Labor; title: Income distribution; title: Personal income and wealth distribution; title: Poverty; title: Public policy : issues and institutions; title: Market failure and government regulation; title: The economy and the environment; title: Measuring the economy; title: Business cycles and unemployment; title: The theory of output and employment; title: Accumulation and macroeconomic instability; title: The federal government budget : instrument of fiscal policy; title: Money, banking, and the federal reserve; title: International trade; title: Recent history and beyond; title: The Great Depression : time of economic crisis; title: The post-war economic boom; title: After the golden age : the rise of free market ideology.