Muller, Jerry Z., 1954-

Thinking about capitalism / Jerry Z. Muller. - Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., 2008. - 3 volumes ; 21 cm. - Great courses . - The great courses . - The Great Courses .

Course no. 5665.
"Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover.

lecture 1. Why think about capitalism --
lecture 2. The Greek and Christian traditions --
lecture 3. Hobbes's challenge to the traditions --
lecture 4. Dutch commerce and national power --
lecture 5. Capitalism and toleration --
Voltaire --
lecture 6. Abundance or equality --
Voltaire vs. Rousseau --
lecture 7. Seeing the invisible hand --
Adam Smith --
lecture 8. Smith on merchants, politicians, workers --
lecture 9. Smith on the problems of commercial society --
lecture 10. Smith on moral and immoral capitalism --
lecture 11. Conservatism and advanced capitalism --
Burke --
lecture 12. Conservatism and periphery capitalism --
Möser. lecture 12. Hegel on capitalism and individuality --
lecture 14. Hamilton, List, and the case for protection --
lecture 15. De Tocqueville on capitalism in America --
lecture 16. Marx and Engels --
The Communist Manifesto --
lecture 17. Marx's Capital and the degradation of work --
lecture 18. Matthew Arnold on capitalism and culture --
lecture 19. Individual and community --
Tönnies vs. Simmel --
lecture 20. The German debate over rationalization --
lecture 21. Cultural sources of capitalism --
Max Weber --
lecture 22. Schumpeter on innovation and resentment --
lecture 23. Lenin's critique --
Imperialism and war --
lecture 24. Fascists on capitalism --
Freyer and Schmitt. lecture 25. Mises and Hayek on irrational socialism --
lecture 26. Schumpeter on capitalism's self-destruction --
lecture 27. The rise of welfare-state capitalism --
lecture 29. Pluralism as limit to social justice --
Hayek --
lecture 30. Contradictions of postindustrial society --
lecture 31. The family under capitalism --
lecture 32. Tensions with democracy --
Buchanan and Olson --
lecture 33. End of communism, new era of globalization --
lecture 34. Capitalism and nationalism --
Ernest Gellner --
lecture 35. The varieties of capitalism --
lecture 36. Intrinsic tensions in capitalism --
Timeline --
Glossary --
Biographical notes --
Bibliography.

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Educación
Enseñanza
Capitalismo --Historia
Economía--Historia
Capitalismo--Aspectos morales y éticos
Capitalismo
Economía

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