In what may well have been the largest popular protest in this country of the last twenty years, more than forty thousand demonstrators in Seattle effectively shut down a World Trade Organization (WTO) conference late last year. Against the backdrop of this historic event, Willi…
"A leading cultural theorist examines the inherent destructiveness of capitalism"--
Présentation de l'éditeur : "Today, an increasing number of researchers, citizens, politicians, civil organizations, activists, and corporations are concerned with questions such as: Can the financial rationality of firms be constrained by social concerns? Can the market be refo…
Muller presents a brilliant history of the idea of capitalism in western thought--from its origins in classical Greece, Rome, and medieval Christianity, through its flowering from 1700 to the present day--which examines the most significant thinkers who have influenced views on …
