Capitalism / Noël Merino, book editor.
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Detroit, MI :
Greenhaven Press,
[2010]
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| Series: | Current controversies.
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Table of Contents:
- Is capitalism a good economic system? Overview : capitalism / Jim Stanford ; Capitalism is the most moral system / Craig Biddle ; The free market has promoted virtues / Deirdre McCloskey ; Capitalism is practical and moral / Robert W. Tracinski ; The capitalist wage system entails exploitation / Rick Wolff ; The values of neoliberal capitalism have had terrible consequences / Michael Leon Guerrero ; Consumerist capitalism needs fundamental change / Benjamin R. Barber
- What are some concerns about capitalism? Capitalism is at odds with democracy / Michael Parenti ; Capitalism promotes prosperity, democracy, and peace / Erich Weede ; Capitalism causes poverty / Tony Wilsdon ; Capitalism has lifted billions out of poverty / Jonah Goldberg ; Capitalism uses disasters to engage in economic engineering / Naomi Klein ; Free-market capitalism is not implemented through coercion / Johan Norberg
- Is capitalism to blame for the global financial crisis? Capitalism caused the global financial crisis / Michael Heinrich ; The financial crisis shows the failure of financial capitalism / Saskia Sassen ; Too little regulation caused the financial crisis / Jacob Weisberg ; Laissez-faire capitalism is not responsible for the financial crisis / George Reisman ; The free market did not cause the financial crisis / Thomas E. Woods Jr. ; Altruism caused the financial crisis / Richard M. Salsman ; Government intervention caused the global financial crisis / Yaron Brook and Don Watkins
- Does the public good warrant government intervention in capitalism? Government intervention in health care is preferable / Ian Williams ; Social Security should be run by the government / Institute for America's future ; Government intervention in health care violates rights / Leonard Peikoff ; Social Security should be eliminated / Alex Epstein ; Government intervention in the capitalist system is immoral / Arthur C. Brooks.