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Reclaiming Capital
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Author : Christopher Gunn
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-06
Reclaiming Capital written by Christopher Gunn and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-06 with Political Science categories.
Towns without nationally advertised fast-food restaurants often eagerly await the day when the golden arches sprout next door to the local car dealership. But what really happens to a community with the arrival of the uni-burger? Christopher Gunn and Hazel Dayton Gunn demonstrate that perhaps three-quarters of the money a community spends at its burger emporium will leave the area. Poor communities remain poor, they assert, because local capital tends to be drained off to financial centers, corporate accounts, and stockholders' portfolios. In keeping with ecologists' injunction to "think globally and act locally," this imaginative book documents ways in which communities have counteracted constraints of the capitalist economic system and succeeded in promoting democratic control of their resources. Taking as one example the local impact of a new McDonald's restaurant, Gunn and Gunn first illustrate how capital potentially available for community development may be identified. They then explore a variety of alternative institutions—credit unions, nonprofit corporations, and consumers' and workers' cooperatives, among others—that serve to attract and retain resources, foster growth, and extend public control over the development process. The authors also consider how grassroots activism for social change may be integrated with more conventional political practice. Reclaiming Capital will be a vital resource for activists, elected officials, and others concerned with urban and regional planning.
Reclaiming Marx S Capital
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Author : Andrew Kliman
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2007
Reclaiming Marx S Capital written by Andrew Kliman and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Political Science categories.
Attempts to reclaim Marx's Capital from the myth of inconsistency. This book is intended for non-specialist readers, and shows that the inconsistencies are actually caused by misinterpretation; the temporal single-system interpretation eliminates all of the alleged inconsistencies.
Civil Society And The Reform Of Finance
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Author : Charles McDaniel, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-07-16
Civil Society And The Reform Of Finance written by Charles McDaniel, Jr. and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-16 with Business & Economics categories.
Efforts to resolve the recent financial crisis have obscured a more deeply rooted financialization crisis that impacts not only the market economy but also the vital civic and moral traditions that support it. This book reveals the cultural influence of finance in reshaping the foundations of American civil society and proposes a return to certain "first principles" of the Republic to restore the nation’s economic vision. This book demonstrates how funding concerns and financial incentives "revalue" faith traditions, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and even the nation’s healthcare system in ways that are eroding the diversity of American culture. These changes also undermine the ethical framework of both democratic government and the free-market system. While financial influence has diminished the value of civil society, this book proposes that revitalized intermediary institutions still offer the best path forward in restoring the financial sector and, more broadly, enriching the American competitive ethic toward development of a more virtuous economy. The book is written for an academic and professional audience, offering a blueprint for the involvement of civil society with government in providing more communally integrated oversight that could contribute to a genuine democratization of finance.
Capital City
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Author : Samuel Stein
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2019-03-05
Capital City written by Samuel Stein and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-05 with Social Science categories.
“This superbly succinct and incisive book couldn’t be more timely or urgent.” —Michael Sorkin, author of All Over the Map Our cities are changing. Around the world, more and more money is being invested in buildings and land. Real estate is now a $217 trillion dollar industry, worth thirty-six times the value of all the gold ever mined. It forms sixty percent of global assets, and one of the most powerful people in the world—the president of the United States—made his name as a landlord and developer. Samuel Stein shows that this explosive transformation of urban life and politics has been driven not only by the tastes of wealthy newcomers, but by the state-driven process of urban planning. Planning agencies provide a unique window into the ways the state uses and is used by capital, and the means by which urban renovations are translated into rising real estate values and rising rents. Capital City explains the role of planners in the real estate state, as well as the remarkable power of planning to reclaim urban life.
Institutional Capital
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Author : Bénédique Paul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Institutional Capital written by Bénédique Paul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Economists have recognized that ldquo;institutions matterrdquo; and the renewal of Institutional Economics has gained a large scientific authority, but institutions, as unit of analysis, stay a concept not understood on all its dimensions. Recently, a new concept appeared in the economic literature was ldquo;institutional capitalrdquo;, without neither satisfied definition nor scientific demonstration. In this paper, we adopt the ldquo;Resourced-Based Viewrdquo; approach to show that some specific institutions involved in economic interactions can be considered as a form of capital, namely ldquo;institutional capitalrdquo;. The theoretical validity of such a concept is discussed. The main conclusions of the paper concern the promises of this notion for future researches on growth theory, economic development theories, organizational theories, and overall on Institutional Economics. We underline the importance to test the empirical strength of this economic resource. Meanwhile, we may accept that ldquo;institutional capital mattersrdquo;, overall for economic development.
Reclaiming Development
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Author : Ha-Joon Chang
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books
Release Date : 2004-05
Reclaiming Development written by Ha-Joon Chang and has been published by Zed Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05 with Business & Economics categories.
The authors of this book challenge prevailing ideas about free markets and globalization. They question whether globalization is a technological reality that cannot be stopped and ask if the US economy really outperformed its competitors in the 1990s. They show how in each key area--trade and industrial policy, privatization, intellectual property rights, investment and financial policies, exchange rate and currency policy, labour and social welfare --there are alternatives to neoliberal policies that the historical experience of particular countries prove really works.
Neo Liberalism Globalization And Human Capital Learning
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Author : Emery J. Hyslop-Margison
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-05-27
Neo Liberalism Globalization And Human Capital Learning written by Emery J. Hyslop-Margison and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-27 with Education categories.
With a highly accessible and lucid text this book reviews the political shift toward neo-liberal ideology and explores its tremendous impact on education. It maps out in careful detail the theoretical foundations of democratic citizenship by asking the question: What does it mean to learn and live in a democracy and what responsibilities, capacities and knowledge does a citizen need to fulfill these requirements?
Reclaiming Institutions As A Form Of Capital
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Author : Bénédique Paul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Reclaiming Institutions As A Form Of Capital written by Bénédique Paul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Economists have recognized that “institutions matter” and the renewal of Institutional Economics has gained a large scientific authority, but institutions, as unit of analysis, stay a concept not understood on all its dimensions. Recently, the notion of “institutional capital” appeared in the literature, without neither satisfied definition nor demonstration. In this article, we adopt the “Resourced-Based View” approach to show that some kinds of institutions can theoretically be considered as form of capital, namely “institutional capital”. The main conclusions of this article are explicated in the promises of this new approach for future researches on growth theories, economic development theories, organizational theories, and overall on New Institutional Economics. We underline the importance to test the empirical strength of this economic resource. Meanwhile, economists may accept that “institutional capital matters.”
Reclaiming Development
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Author : Ha-Joon Chang
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2014-01-16
Reclaiming Development written by Ha-Joon Chang and has been published by Zed Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-16 with Business & Economics categories.
There is no alternative to neoliberal economics - or so it appeared when Reclaiming Development was published in 2004. Many of the same driving assumptions - monetarism and globalization - remain within the international development policy establishment. Ha-Joon Chang and Ilene Grabel confront this neoliberal development model head-on by combining devastating economic critique with an array of innovative policies and an in-depth analysis of the experiences of leading Western and East Asian economies. Still, much has changed since 2004 - the relative success of some developing countries in weathering the global financial crisis has exposed the latent contradictions of the neoliberal model. The resulting situation of increasingly open policy innovation in the global South means that Reclaiming Development is even more relevant today than when it was first published. History is being made.
The Age Of Surveillance Capitalism
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Author : Shoshana Zuboff
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2019-01-31
The Age Of Surveillance Capitalism written by Shoshana Zuboff and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-31 with Computers categories.
THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award 2019 'Easily the most important book to be published this century. I find it hard to take any young activist seriously who hasn't at least familarised themselves with Zuboff's central ideas.' - Zadie Smith, The Guardian The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control us. The heady optimism of the Internet's early days is gone. Technologies that were meant to liberate us have deepened inequality and stoked divisions. Tech companies gather our information online and sell it to the highest bidder, whether government or retailer. Profits now depend not only on predicting our behaviour but modifying it too. How will this fusion of capitalism and the digital shape our values and define our future? Shoshana Zuboff shows that we are at a crossroads. We still have the power to decide what kind of world we want to live in, and what we decide now will shape the rest of the century. Our choices: allow technology to enrich the few and impoverish the many, or harness it and distribute its benefits. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a deeply-reasoned examination of the threat of unprecedented power free from democratic oversight. As it explores this new capitalism's impact on society, politics, business, and technology, it exposes the struggles that will decide both the next chapter of capitalism and the meaning of information civilization. Most critically, it shows how we can protect ourselves and our communities and ensure we are the masters of the digital rather than its slaves.