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Understanding Capitalism

Understanding Capitalism Competition, Command, and Change

3rd Edition

Hardback (17 Mar 2005)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Understanding Capitalism 3e provides an introduction to economics with extensive attention to the global economy, inequality, the information revolution, the exercise of power and the historical evolution of economic institutions and individual preferences. Its three dimensional approach focuses on competition in markets, command in firms, governments and international relations, and change as a permanent feature of a capitalist economy promoted by technical innovation and conflict over the distribution of income.

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Oxford University Press

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Book information

ISBN: 9780195138641
Publisher: OUP USA
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
Edition: 3rd Edition
DEWEY: 330.122
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 579
Weight: 1214g
Height: 242mm
Width: 196mm
Spine width: 32mm