Understanding Capitalism
Competition, Command, and Change
3rd Edition
Published in March 2005
Book
Hardback
608 pages
978-0-19-513864-1 (ISBN)
Description
Understanding Capitalism 3e provides an introduction to economics with extensive attention to the global economy, inequality, the information revolution, the exercise of power and the historical evolution of economic institutions and individual preferences. Its three dimensional approach focuses on competition in markets, command in firms, governments and international relations, and change as a permanent feature of a capitalist economy promoted by technical innovation and conflict over the distribution of income.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduates in introductory economics courses, and students of political economy throughout the social sciences.
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Weight
1214 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-513864-1 (9780195138641)
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Previous edition
Samuel Bowles | Richard Edwards
Understanding Capitalism
Competition, Command and Change in the United States Economy
Book
04/1992
2nd Edition
Longman
€45.99
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Persons
Samuel Bowles is Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, U.S.A., and Professor of Economics at the University of Siena, Italy.
Richard Edwards is Professor of Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Frank Roosevelt is Professor of Economics at Sarah Lawrence College.
Richard Edwards is Professor of Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Frank Roosevelt is Professor of Economics at Sarah Lawrence College.