期刊全稱 | A History of Global Capitalism | 期刊簡稱 | Feuding Elites and I | 影響因子2023 | Sambit Bhattacharyya | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/142/141150/141150.mp4 | 發(fā)行地址 | Is ambitious in scope and original in spirit at a time of profound socioeconomic change.Offers impressive historical sweep unmatched in the literature.Presents a fast and reliable diagnosis of geopoli | 學(xué)科分類 | Frontiers in Economic History | 圖書封面 |  | 影響因子 | The book sets out to explore the economic motivations of imperial expansion under capitalism. This undoubtedly is related to two fundamental research questions in economic sciences. First, what factors explain the divergence in living standards across countries under the capitalist economic system? Second, what ensures internal and external stability of the capitalist economic system? The book adopts a unified approach to address these questions.?.?.Using the standard growth model it shows that improvements in living standards are dependent on access to raw materials, labour, capital, technology, and perhaps most importantly ‘economies of scale‘. Empires ensure scale economy through guaranteed access to markets and raw materials. The stability of the system depends on growth and distribution and it is not possible to have one without the other. However, the quest for growth and imperial expansion implies that one empire invariably comes into conflict with another. This is perhaps the most unstable and potentially dangerous characteristic of the capitalist system. Using extensive historical accounts the book shows that this inherent tension can be best managed by acknowledging mutua | Pindex | Textbook 2020 |
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