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Is Capitalism Obsolete?

A Journey through Alternative Economic Systems

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Publication Date: 10/17/2017

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  • Preface
  • Prologue: A Father and Daughter Debate
  • 1. Philosophers and Failures of the State
  • 2. Utopia and Common Ownership
  • 3. Cooperation, Rationality, Values
  • 4. Luxury and Anarchism
  • 5. Planning
  • 6. Self-Management
  • 7. Markets and Socialism
  • 8. Shareholder Socialism
  • 9. Universal Basic Income and Basic Capital
  • 10. Market Economy Plus Welfare State
  • Epilogue: A Father and Daughter Come to Terms
  • Appendix: A Two-Step Proposal to Enhance the Role of Public Capital in Market Economies
  • References
  • Index

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