An expanded new edition of the classic, pithy account of capitalism’s origins—“a must read” for students of political theory and anyone interested in ec

To put the current crisis of capitalism--the third major one according to him--in historical perspective, Beaud (economics, U. of Paris VIII-Vincennes) reviews

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Explores the relationship between the transition to capitalism in early modern England and the many literary innovations that emerged within the period.