{"product_id":"comparative-economic-systems-culture-wealth-and-power-in-the-21st-century-paperback-softback-9780631229629","title":"Comparative Economic Systems; Culture, Wealth, and Power in the 21st Century (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631229629","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComparative Economic Systems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCulture, Wealth, and Power in the 21st Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven Rosefielde (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631229629, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 March 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 2.3 cm, 0.535 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Now that the transition is over, Professor Steven Rosefielde is bringing back a new and improved version of comparative economic systems, one that treats culture, politics, and business misconduct explicitly in a market context. Rosefielde's approach is original and sophisticated, producing a theoretically rigorous text still accessible to the advanced undergraduate student. Students will learn a large amount of economic theory and come to appreciate the variety of economic systems and the sources of that variety. This is a signal accomplishment by a serious scholar and student of comparative economics.\" \u003ci\u003eJames Millar, George Washington University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is an outstanding text to acquaint students with the differences among the world's major economic systems. Its author is one of the best-informed and most careful scholars in the field.\" \u003ci\u003eQuinn Mills, Harvard Business School\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Thisis an ambitious and innovative work that rigorously and successfully addresses a question that economists often and mistakenly ignore: namely, how do ethics, culture, and politics affect the operation of core economic principles and the relative performance of the major economic systems in the global economy?\"\u003ci\u003eCharles Wolf, RAND\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Rosefielde provides a forward-looking text that is firmly grounded in the fundamentals of comparative economics but that seizes fully the opportunities offered to the field by the end of the cold war. This is a text that can make comparative economic systems a \"must-take\" course for every undergraduate and a \"must-offer\" course for every economics department.\" \u003ci\u003eJosef C. Brada, Arizona State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eComparative Economic Systems: Culture, Wealth and Power in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e explains how culture, in various guises, modifies the standard rules of economic engagement, creating systems that differ markedly from those predicted by the theory of general market competition. This analysis is grounded in established principles, but also assumes that individual utility seeking may be culturally determined, that political goals may take precedence over public well being, and that business misconduct may be socially detrimental.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Systems\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Comparative Economic Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Classification and Principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Culture, Politics and Ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Perfect Economic Mechanisms\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Perfect Competition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Perfect Governance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Great Powers\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Continental Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. China.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Transition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Comparative Potential.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Performance\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Measurement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Global Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: International Relations\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Security.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Military Balance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. 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