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Capitalism Reconnected Toward a Sustainable, Inclusive and Innovative Market Economy in Europe

Capitalism has gone astray. Today we face ecological exhaustion, persistent inequality, financialization, stress on communities, short-termism, and new power concentrations. An avalanche of new economic thinking and a reorientation of European values show the way toward a different economy. A new pe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Balkenende, Jan Peter (Autor), Buijs, Govert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Analytical Table of Contents
  • By way of introduction
  • An idea
  • A Consultation
  • Europe
  • Table of contents
  • Part I. Europe's Present Condition: A Diagnosis
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: From the Challenge of 2015 to the Shock of 2022
  • 2022, and the Seven Years that Preceded It...
  • The 2015 Agenda: A Clarion Call
  • ...And Beyond (2016): Brexit and a Fragmented Populace
  • ...And Beyond (2017): Trump and 'America First'
  • ...And Beyond (2020): Covid, Vulnerability and Europe's New Strength
  • ...And Beyond (2022): The Ukraine War and a New Geopolitical Constellation
  • Beyond 2022: A New World Order, New Questions and the Need for New Responses
  • The Challenges Ahead: Reorientation, Reconnection, Repositioning, Revaluation
  • New Intellectual Resources: Rethinking Capitalism
  • Some Working Definitions: Market Economy, Capitalism, Market Society, Market Ideology
  • Outline of the Book
  • Our Intended Readership
  • The Title of this Book
  • The Book in Three Figures
  • How (not) to Use this Book
  • Chapter 2. Europe's 250-Year Project...
  • The Age of the 'Great Enrichment' or the 'Escape from Poverty'
  • Heights and Depths: Four Phases, from Unfettered Markets to 'Unfettered Markets 2.0'
  • Learning Processes: Embedding Markets
  • Chapter 3. Triumphant Capitalism: The Bold Assumptions of an Overconfident Age
  • Seven Assumptions
  • The Results: A Tendency toward a Rentier Economy
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4. Europe's Confusion and Reorientation
  • Europe's Confusion
  • The Task of this Book: A Reorientation of Capitalism
  • Part II. Europe's Mission: Developing Responsible Capitalism
  • Chapter 5. The First Pillar of Renewal: Ideals about a Good Economy
  • 'Mono-Indicator Tyranny' and a New Understanding of Value(s)
  • Macro-Values and Macro-Virtues: Beyond GDP Towards 'Flourishing'
  • Meso-Values and Meso-Virtues: Purpose beyond Financial Indicators
  • Micro-Values and Micro-Virtues: Moral Leadership, Conscious Employees, Critical Consumers
  • An Enlarged Conception of the Common Good: Discovering and Rediscovering Values
  • The Sources of Values: The Role of (Hi)stories
  • Chapter 6. The Second Pillar of Renewal: Inspiration from Revaluing Europe's Story
  • The Dark Ambivalence of Europe: Conflicting Histories
  • The Other European Story: The Gradual Discovery of Human Dignity and Four Revolutions
  • A Dubious Philosophical Heritage: Ideologies and 'Recipe Thinking'
  • A Distinct European Model: Combining Principles with Institutional Plurality
  • An Unfinished and Embattled Project
  • The Terrible Mystery of 'Europe-I'
  • Haunted by Specters
  • The Need to Unlearn, Relearn and Learn: A New European Orientation
  • Four Key Values for a New Future
  • Why Values? Tests for Policies, Processes, and Products
  • Chapter 7. The Third Pillar of Renewal: Ideas about Economics
  • Megatrends in Economic Thinking