Hunt, E. K.

Property and prophets : the evolution of economic institutions and ideologies / E.K. Hunt. - Updated 7th edition. - xi, 291 pages ; 23 cm

Previous ed.: New York : HarperCollinsCollegePublishers, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The ideology of precapitalist Europe -- The transition to early capitalism and the beginnings of the mercantilist view -- The conflict in mercantilist thought -- Classical liberalism and the triumph of industrial capitalism -- Socialist protest amid the Industrial Revolution -- Marx's conception of capitalism -- Marx's social and economic theories -- The rise of corporate capitalism and its ideological defenses -- The consolidation of monopoly power and the writings of Veblen -- Economic prosperity and evolutionary socialism -- Imperialism and revolutionary socialism -- Keynesian economics and the Great Depression -- Contemporary American capitalism and its defenders -- Contemporary American capitalism and its radical critics.

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Economic history
Economics--History.
Capitalism--History

HC21 / .H85 2003

330.9