Description |
vi, 248 pages ; 24 cm. |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Preface: creating high performance capitalism -- The fourteen shortcomings of capitalism -- The persistent problem of poverty -- Growing income inequality -- Worker well-being -- Job creation in the face of growing automation -- The need for companies to cover their social costs -- The exploitation of the environment -- Business cycles and economic instability -- The focus on narrow self-interest -- Dealing with the debt burden and financial regulation -- How politics subverts economics -- Capitalism's short-term orientation -- Questionable marketing outputs -- Setting the right gdp growth rate -- Creating happiness as well as goods -- Epilogue -- Index. |
Subject |
Capitalism.
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Capitalism -- Social aspects.
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Economic policy.
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ISBN |
9780814436455 (hardcover) |
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0814436455 (hardcover) |
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