Social Capitalism Blackwood Andrew
Social Capitalism Blackwood Andrew Is Capitalism doomed; how long is its shelf-life? Have stories of its impending demise been exaggerated? Can its promise of prosperity and the 'good life' be…
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Social Capitalism Blackwood Andrew
Is Capitalism doomed; how long is its shelf-life? Have stories of its impending demise been exaggerated? Can its promise of prosperity and the 'good life' be sustained?
This work analyses the place of the free market economy in modern society, distinguishes between neo-liberalism and traditional capitalism, and comes to quite different conclusions - as much for reasons of perception as for socio-economic realpolitik. If some soothsayers are to be believed it has been on a downward slippery slope at least since the financial crash over a decade ago, so that its days may well be numbered. But in the process some important conceptual myths need to be demolished: about the misunderstood role of the individual in modern society, about the absurdity of focusing on economic growth, about the unsustainability of current social inequalities and how they can be overcome, about the mirage of