The Paradox of Democratic Capitalism: Politics and Economics in American ThoughtJHU Press, 25/08/2006 - 392 páginas A truly interdisciplinary enterprise, The Paradox of Democratic Capitalism examines the interplay of ideas about politics, economics, and law in American society from the pre-revolutionary era to the eve of the September 11 attacks. David F. Prindle argues that while the United States was founded on liberalism, there is constant tension between two ideals of the liberal tradition: capitalism and democracy. Tracing the rise of natural law doctrine from neoclassical economics, Prindle examines the influence of economic development in late medieval society on the emergence of classical liberalism in early America and likens that influence to the impact of orthodox economics on contemporary American society. Prindle also evaluates political, economic, and legal ideas through the lens of his own beliefs. He warns against the emerging extremes of liberal ideology in contemporary American politics, where the right's definition of capitalism excludes interference from democratic publics and the left's definition of democracy excludes a market-based economy. |
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... argument that identifies certain facts about the nature of physical reality, relates them to human life, and ... arguments. Further, even in the nineteenth century, many opponents of neoclassical economic theory recognized its ...
... arguments employed in these disputes have rested on both shared and conflicting assumptions. Looked at from one point of view, Americans have seemed to think and speak from within a consensus on fundamentals—a consensus I will term ...
... argument is that the American tradition of discourse about political economy rests on a basic consensus, but one whose main elements are in irreconcilable tension. Briefly, that tradition embraces the themes of democracy and capitalism ...
... arguments, and epigrams are impossible to refute. Such assertions as ''Law has flourished on the corpse of philosophy in America,'' and ''[T]he successfailure ethos ... was a silent quality in the national atmosphere, not so much ...
... arguments, and conclusions, however, always felt obliged to pay them the respect of attempting to refute them. Smith joined Locke as one of the two central thinkers of liberalism. Individualism, equality, democracy, private property ...
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3 Democracy and Capitalism 18191862 | 54 |
4 Industrialism and Its Discontents I 18621898 | 98 |
5 Industrialism and Its Discontents II 18981932 | 139 |
6 New Paradigms 19321974 | 178 |
7 Dissent 19321974 | 211 |
8 Democracy and Capitalism 19742001 | 236 |
9 Present and Future | 268 |
Notes | 297 |
Bibliography | 327 |
Index | 357 |
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