Jason Brennan

Why Not Capitalism? (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Most economists believe capitalism is a compromise with selfish human nature. As Adam Smith put it, "e;It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."e; Capitalism works better than socialism, according to this thinking, only because we are not kind and generous enough to make socialism work. If we were saints, we would be socialists.In Why Not Capitalism?, Jason Brennan attacks this widely held belief, arguing that capitalism would remain the best system even if we were morally perfect. Even in an ideal world, private property and free markets would be the best way to promote mutual cooperation, social justice, harmony, and prosperity. Socialists seek to capture the moral high ground by showing that ideal socialism is morally superior to realistic capitalism. But, Brennan responds, ideal capitalism is superior to ideal socialism, and so capitalism beats socialism at every level.a Clearly, engagingly, and at times provocatively written, Why Not Capitalism? will cause readers of all political persuasions to re-evaluate where they stand vis-vis economic priorities and systems-as they exist now and as they might be improved in the future.a

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317907879
• Artikelnr.: 41066697

Autorenporträt

Jason Brennan is Assistant Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University. He is the author of Compulsory Voting: For and Against, with Lisa Hill, Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know, The Ethics of Voting, and A Brief History of Liberty, with David Schmidtz.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One Deep Down, Everyone's a Socialist ... and Wrong
Chapter Two The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Argument for Capitalism: A Parody
Chapter Three Human Nature and Justice
Chapter Four Why Utopia Is Capitalist