Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change - Hardcover

Bowles, Samuel; Edwards, Richard; Roosevelt, Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195138643 ISBN 13: 9780195138641

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 2005

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195138643
• ISBN 13: 9780195138641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 608