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Is Capitalism Still Progressive?

A Historical Approach

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  • Addresses the causes and solutions to the present economic crisis
  • Proposes restarting development through employment policy (not the reverse)
  • Presents the unemployed of young and migrants workers as a solution, not a burden, to the economic crisis

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Capitalism Creates Progress

    • Cosimo Perrotta
    Pages 1-19
  3. The Dark Side of Capitalism and Its Myths

    • Cosimo Perrotta
    Pages 21-37
  4. Capitalistic Accumulation

    • Cosimo Perrotta
    Pages 39-54
  5. Plundering the World

    • Cosimo Perrotta
    Pages 55-75
  6. The Welfare State and Its Crisis

    • Cosimo Perrotta
    Pages 77-94
  7. Broken Promises

    • Cosimo Perrotta
    Pages 95-111
  8. The New Challenges

    • Cosimo Perrotta
    Pages 113-127
  9. Labour-Based Development

    • Cosimo Perrotta
    Pages 129-145
  10. Conclusions: Beyond the Borders

    • Cosimo Perrotta
    Pages 147-151
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 153-159

About this book

The economic crisis of 2007/2008 has prompted much debate as to what caused it and what remedies may be implemented in order to regain a healthy economy. This book addresses these issues through the lens of capitalism with a focus on labour economics, arguing that capitalism, and the employment of young people and migrants, may be a suitable antidote to the ongoing political crises in Europe that are taking place as a result of the financial crisis.

Using economic history and the history of economic thought to inform debate, Is Capitalism Still Progressive?: A Historical Approach  will be of interest to policy makers (especially in emerging countries), students and researchers interested in exploring the pros and cons, and persistence, of the capitalist system.

Reviews

“In this valuable book Cosimo Perrotta investigates the nature, the history and the perspectives of capitalism on the basis of a rich set of historical data. … Perrotta offers a lucid, in-depth historical analysis of the large variety of forms in which capitalistic accumulation takes place.” (Mario Morroni, HEI History of Economic Ideas, Vol. 29 (2), 2021)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Cosimo Perrotta

About the author

Professor Cosimo Perrotta has been Council Chair of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, published many articles in the main international journals of this discipline, among other monographs published Consumption as an Investment. The Fear of Goods from Hesiod to Adam Smith (2004) and Unproductive labour. History of an Idea (2018), Routledge.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Is Capitalism Still Progressive?

  • Book Subtitle: A Historical Approach

  • Authors: Cosimo Perrotta

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48169-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48168-1Published: 01 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48171-1Published: 02 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48169-8Published: 31 July 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 159

  • Topics: Labor Economics, Economic History, History of Economic Thought/Methodology

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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