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Why Not Capitalism?

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Why Not Capitalism?

By Jason F. Brennan

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About the book

Most economists believe capitalism is a compromise with selfish human nature. As Adam Smith put it, "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." Capitalism works better than socialism, according to this thinking, only because we are not kind and generous enough to make socialism work. If we were saints, we would be socialists.In Why Not Capitalism?, Jason Brennan attacks this widely held belief,...Show more

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9780415732970

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Taylor & Francis Ltd

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2014

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Why Not Capitalism?

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