The origins and evolution of consumer capitalism : a Veblenian-Keynesian perspective /: a Veblenian-Keynesian perspective. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Watkins.
• Authors: Watkins, John (John Phillip)
• Contents: Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: The Paradoxes of Consumer Capitalism Chapter 2: Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Consumer Capitalism: Thorstein Veblen and John Maynard Keynes Chapter 3: Continuous-mass Production and The Rise of the Modern Corporation Chapter 4: How to Absorb the Output? Consumerism versus Militarism: Veblen, Hobson, and Polanyi Chapter 5: Keynes and The Great Depression: Poverty in the Midst of Plenty Chapter 6: The Myopic Consumer and the Rational Economist: The Institutional Pattern of Consumption and Theories of Consumer Choice Chapter 7: The Liquefication of Everything: Corporate Power and the Evolution of Consumer Credit Chapter 8: America’s Perpetual Trade Deficit Chapter 9: The Great Financial Crisis--A Test of Two Models: Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis and the Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model Chapter 10: Quantitative Easing versus Modern Monetary Theory: Overcoming the Limits of the Private Domestic Economy Chapter 11: The Darwinian Dilemma: Winning the Struggle, Making the World Uninhabitable Chapter 12: Conclusion: The Civilization of Consumer Capitalism
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (220 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 339.47; Consumption (Economics); Consumer behavior; Capitalism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429813054; 9780429813061
• Related ISBNs: 9781138335455; 9781138335462
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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