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Mindful economics: how the U.S. economy works, why it matters, and how it could be different
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Seven Stories Press
Publication Date
c2008
Language
English
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Preface: A time of danger and opportunity
Introduction
Economic systems:
Institutions
Basic ecomonic processes:production, distribution, and consumption
Capitalism
Socialism and pluralism
Conclusion
The cash nexus: Households, corporations and the market system
The market system
Households
Businesses
The corporation
The history of the corporation is the history of Capitalism
Conclusion
Conflict in the cash nexus: Labor unions and business associations
The myth of laissez faire
Monopolies, trusts, and business associations
Popular opposition
Business associations
Labor unions
conclusion
Government and the ascent of capitalism
Government and the construction of the capitalist suystem
Government as a forum for democracy
Government and public service
Government fiscal policy
Conclusion
The U.S. financial system Part I: Money and banks
Financial system's sources and uses of money
The financial economy and the real economy
Money
Coins and paper currency
The tortured history of American money
American depository institutions
The Federal Reserve System, " The Fed"
Conclusion: money and democracy
The U.S. financial system Part II: Wall Street, stocks, and bonds
Corporate capitalization and investment banks
Stocks
Stock classifications and indexes
Stock valuation
Stock markets and stock trades
Institutional investors
Bonds
Government and corporate bonds
Conclusion: Wall Street and capitalism
America's umbilical cord: The international economy
The U.S. capitalist machine
The growth imperative: Prosperity or poverty
Internationalization of economic activity
Global economic institutions
American trade deficits and debt
Conclusion
Sweet delight and endless night: Polarization in America
Measuring economic inequality
Casuses of income inequality
Monopsony capitalism
Political inequality
Information inequality in commercial media
Conclusion
Financial market instability
Speculation and the pattern of financial market instability
Early signs in Biblical times
Tulip mania of seventeenth century Holland
South Sea and Mississippi bubbles
Speculation and industrial capitalism
The crash of 1939
Booms and busts at the turn of the third millennium
Conclusion
The mindful economy Part I: Redrawing the institutional map
Mindfulness and valuebased principles
Institutional embeddedness
Conclusion
The mindful economy Part II: Mindful ownership and mindful finance
From globalization to localization
Non-capitalist cooperatives
Principles from cooperative governance
Starting a cooperative
Small business and public enterprise
The mindful economy and community-based money and finance
Conclusion
The mindful economy Part III: Mindful economics and sustainable practices
Conclusion: Toward a mindful economy
Environmental sustainability
The three "E's" of sustainable development
Sustainable practices
Win-win-win fallacies
Conclusion.
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9781583228470
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