This paper argues for a return to the social thought of the often ignored early 20 Century English thinker G.D.H. Cole. Cole combined a sociological critique of capitalism and liberal democracy with a well developed alternative in his work on Guild Socialism bearing particular relevance to advanced capitalist societies. Both of these, with their focus on the limitations on ‘free and unfettered ...

This paper explores links and gaps between the popular debate over sustainability, neoclassical and endogenous growth theory, and the “natural capitalism” argument. For more information, contact Daphne Greenwood at [email protected] 719-262-4031 In this paper, I explore the links between growth theory, the sustainability debate, and the “natural capitalism” argument. I also point out areas wher...

Globalized capitalism – only yesterday having declared the "end of history" did not survive more than two decades before imploding. But what "other world" is being called forth to succeed it? Will capitalism enter a new phase in its deployment, less unbalanced globally and more centred in Asia and South America? Or will we see a truly polycentric world in which various popular democratic altern...

Research on the knowledge economy has in recent years focused upon the interplay between place, individuals and creativity. National differences of how capitalism is organised can be drawn into this discussion, but are seldom tested systematically. By investigating data from the UK as a Liberal Market Economy and Sweden as a Coordinated M arket Economy, we develop and test 8 hypotheses to analy...

Among the commonplaces of social history is the idea that early capitalism made the family (and indeed all of society) more authoritarian and more patriarchal. The Protestant Reformation, we are told, was both an instrument and an expression of this process. This view, here starkly oversimplified, is loosely associated with the names of Marx and Weber, but has passed into common currency. In re...

W E A L T H AND POVERTY* according to the preface is the culmination of a ten-year study of economics that began when the author read Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom.’ Gilder’s study led through the works of economists Schumpeter and Keynes and into the “supply-side” school of economics. The book itself (hereafter, sometimes denoted by WP) sprang from an earlier sociological study of p...

The literature on political economy has over the years divided into two reasonably distinct areas of concern: international and comparative political economy. International political economy tends to concern itself with global trends—in terms of global flows of investment and trade—and with global actors and industries—including multinational corporations, international regulatory regimes and b...