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Another Economy is Possible: Culture and Economy in a Time of Crisis
Manuel Castells
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Description for Another Economy is Possible: Culture and Economy in a Time of Crisis
Hardback. Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of business as usual, but the economic, social and human damage inflicted by the crisis has given rise to a reconsideration of the inevitability of unfettered capitalism as a fact of life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of business as usual, but the economic, social and human damage inflicted by the crisis has given rise to a reconsideration of the inevitability of unfettered capitalism as a fact of life. A number of economic practices and organizations emerged in Europe and the United States that embodied alternative values: the value of life over the value of money; the effectiveness of cooperation over cut-throat competition; the social responsibility of corporations and responsible regulation by governments over the short-term ... Read more
Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of business as usual, but the economic, social and human damage inflicted by the crisis has given rise to a reconsideration of the inevitability of unfettered capitalism as a fact of life. A number of economic practices and organizations emerged in Europe and the United States that embodied alternative values: the value of life over the value of money; the effectiveness of cooperation over cut-throat competition; the social responsibility of corporations and responsible regulation by governments over the short-term ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509517206
SKU
V9781509517206
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About Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells is University Professor and Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, as well as Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Planning at the University of California, Berkeley.
Reviews for Another Economy is Possible: Culture and Economy in a Time of Crisis
"Manuel Castells and his colleagues have underscored a fundamental truth: that all economics are cultural forms. And just as the financial crisis of 2008 demonstrated the bankruptcy of neoliberal capitalism and the human suffering inflicted by it, so too it spawned countless experiments in alternative ways of organizing economic life based on cultures of sharing and solidarity, some of which ... Read more