Shutt, Harry

The trouble with capitalism: an enquiry into the causes of global economic failure / Harry Shutt. - Manila, Philippines: IBON Books, 2002. - 238 pages: illustrations; 21 cm.

Includes index.

The origins of modern capitalism: a brief history to the world war II -- The post-1945 economic dispensation in the west -- The end of the boom and the neo-classical reaction -- The illusion of orthodoxy -- Incurable addiction to state support -- Globalisation and the power vacuum -- Technological nemesis -- Coping with the capital glut -- Wider symptoms of disintegration: The wreckage of soviet communism -- Wider symptoms of disintegration: third world catastrophe -- A crisis of legitimacy -- Can the profits system be saved? -- Political paralysis -- Essential features of a sustainable world order

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Economic history.
Economics.
OECD countries--Economic policy.
Capitalism--History.
Business cycles.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects--History.