Capitalism Reassessed [Paperback]

Provides a view of the different types of capitalist economic systems based on an empirical analysis of twenty-one OECD nations.Capitalism Reassessed provides a broad view of different types of advanced capitalist economic systems and is based on an empirical analysis of twenty-one OECD nations. The book looks at how capitalism developed and the social and economic impact of its different types. It also shows the close influences of the cultural system on the economic system.Capitalism Reassessed provides a broad view of different types of advanced capitalist economic systems and is based on an empirical analysis of twenty-one OECD nations. The book looks at how capitalism developed and the social and economic impact of its different types. It also shows the close influences of the cultural system on the economic system.Capitalism Reassessed provides a broad view of different types of advanced capitalist economic systems and is based on an empirical analysis of twenty-one OECD nations. The book looks at why capitalism developed in Western Europe rather than elsewhere. It shows the close influences of the cultural system on the economic system. The analysis compares the economic and social performance of the capitalist economic systems along a variety of economic and social criteria. It also analyzes how capitalism will change in the twenty-first century.1. Introduction; 2. What is capitalism?; 3. Origins of capitalism; 4. Varieties of capitalism in industrialized nations; 5. Cultural influences on the economic system; 6. Do some capitalist economic systems perform better than others?; 7. Happiness and capitalist economic systems; 8. How capitalism will change.This timely book delivers an intelligent yet accessible analysis of diverse contemporary capitalist economic systems. Which countries and systems are more productive, and where are people happiest? Is regulation the answer or the problem? Where is the world economy headed? Pryor gives careful and honest answerl$