Understanding capitalism : competition, command, and change /
Samuel Bowles, Richard Edwards, and Frank Roosevelt.
- Third edition.
- xxiv, 579 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Political economy -- Capitalism shakes the world -- People, preferences, and society -- A three-dimensional approach to economics -- Political economy, past and present -- The surplus product : conflict and change -- Capitalism as an economic system -- American capitalism : accumulation and change -- Microeconomics -- Supply and demand : how markets work -- Competition and coordination : the invisible hand -- Capitalist production and profits -- Competition and concentration -- Wages and work -- Technology, control, and conflict in the workplace -- Macroeconomics -- The mosaic of inequality -- Progress and poverty on a world scale -- Aggregate demand, employment, and unemployment -- The dilemmas of macroeconomic policy -- Inflation -- Government and the economy -- Conclusion -- The future of capitalism. Pt. 1. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Pt. 2. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Pt. 3. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Pt. 4. Ch. 20.