The paradox of democratic capitalism : politics and economics in American thought
"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."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2006
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2006
History
xv, 368 pages ; 24 cm
9780801884115, 080188411X
62324679
Origins: 1690-1776
The founding 1776-1819
Democracy and capitalism, 1819-1862
Industrialism and its discontents I: 1862-1898
Industrialism and its discontents II, 1898-1932
New paradigms, 1932-1974
Dissent, 1932-1974
Democracy and capitalism, 1974-2001
Present and future