資本主義経済学 Capitalist Economics

Chambers, Samuel A.

Oxford University Press Inc（2022/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 210 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780197556887
• DDC分類 330.122

Full Description

Capitalist Economics introduces and explains the basic economic forces that shape the present and structure the future of capitalist societies today. Rejecting the idea that economics is a universal science of "choice" or the "efficient allocation of scarce resources," this book analyzes economic forces and relations as essential elements of a broader society. This entails understanding "the economic" as a logic that always operates alongside cultural, political, and social forces. As well, it requires grasping the economic as itself a product of historical development. This book explores the unique economic pressures found in capitalist societies, offering detailed yet concise analysis of basic concepts - commodities, money, exchange, interest - and investigating broader issues such as the source of profit, the nature of growth, and the role of technology and invention. Written for political scientists, sociologists, philosophers, cultural studies scholars, and beyond, the book is a completely new way of grasping socio-economic relations.

Contents

Preface
Introduction: What is Economics?

Part I: Economics in History

1. Social Orders and Economic Relations
2. How Societies Produce
3. Capitalist Social Orders

Part II: Capitalist Economic Relations

4. Money
5. Commodities
6. Profit

Part III: Capitalist Economic Forces

7. Entrepreneurs & Investment
8. Bankers & Interest
9. The Rules of Capitalism

Sources and Further Reading
Glossary of Terms (by Benjamin Taylor)