Capitalism / Nol͡ Merino, book editor. - Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2010. - 229 p. ; 24 cm. - Current controversies series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is capitalism a good economic system? -- What are some concerns about capitalism? -- Is capitalism to blame for the global financial crisis? -- Does the public good warrant government intervention in capitalism? Overview : capitalism / Capitalism is the most moral system / The free market has promoted virtues / Capitalism is practical and moral / The capitalist wage system entails exploitation / The values of neoliberal capitalism have had terrible consequences / Consumerist capitalism needs fundamental change / Capitalism is at odds with democracy / Capitalism promotes prosperity, democracy, and peace / Capitalism causes poverty / Capitalism has lifted billions out of poverty / Capitalism uses disasters to engage in economic engineering / Free-market capitalism is not implemented through coercion / Capitalism caused the global financial crisis / The financial crisis shows the failure of financial capitalism / Too little regulation caused the financial crisis / Laissez-faire capitalism is not responsible for the financial crisis / The free market did not cause the financial crisis / Altruism caused the financial crisis / Government intervention caused the global financial crisis / Government intervention in health care is preferable / Social Security should be run by the government / Government intervention in health care violates rights / Social Security should be eliminated / Government intervention in the capitalist system is immoral / Jim Stanford -- Craig Biddle -- Deirdre McCloskey -- Robert W. Tracinski -- Rick Wolff -- Michael Leon Guerrero -- Benjamin R. Barber -- Michael Parenti -- Erich Weede -- Tony Wilsdon -- Jonah Goldberg -- Naomi Klein -- Johan Norberg -- Michael Heinrich -- Saskia Sassen -- Jacob Weisberg -- George Reisman -- Thomas E. Woods Jr. -- Richard M. Salsman -- Yaron Brook and Don Watkins -- Ian Williams -- Institute for America's future -- Leonard Peikoff -- Alex Epstein -- Arthur C. Brooks.

ISBN: 9780737746990 (hardcover) 0737746998 (hardcover) 9780737747003 (pbk.) 0737747005 (pbk.)

Source: 1304480 QBI

LCCN: 2009047743

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Capitalism.
Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.

LC Class. No.: HB501 / .C242253 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 330.12/2