Capitalism without capital : accounting for the crash / Alan Shipman.
Capitalism without capital : accounting for the crash / Alan Shipman.
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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G 2015/3091
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English
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vi, 180 pages ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- 1. An Obvious Excess of Capital -- 2. A Still More Obvious Excess; Capital as Wealth -- 3. In Practice It's Scarce -- 4. What Isn't' There? Capital Definitions and Measurements -- 5. The Destination of Wealth -- 6. Economics Without Capital -- 7. Economies Without Capital.
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Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2015.
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"An unusual consensus has developed among economists that the 'long boom' before 2008, and the subsequent crisis and recession, resulted from a global excess of capital. Over-supply of saving drive down capital costs, encouraging excessively risky investment and preventing the scrapping of outmoded plant. Capital's inexorable growth is also blamed...
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Capitalism without capital : accounting for the crash / Alan Shipman.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.
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G 2015/3091
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74VK7lbEjgvA
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ISBN
1137442433 (hardback)
9781137442437 (hardback)
DDC
330.122
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991022987049702626
