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1 online resource |
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Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 81 |
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Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 81.
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| Contents |
Freedom to plan : on Kapp's institutional outlook / Michele Cangiani -- Political democracy and social costs : reading K.W. Kapp's "Political economy" today / Regine Heidenreich -- Social costs, social rights and the limits of free market capitalism : a re-reading of Kapp / Maurizio Franzini -- Increasing complexity in the "new" economy and coordination requirements beyond the "market" : blockages and lock-ins as social costs, and a new governance to mitigate them / Wolfram Elsner -- Policy for social costs : Kapp vs. neoclassical economics / James A. Swaney -- Improved allocation through environmental taxes? Theory and reality : the example of Germany / Gustav M. Obermair and Lorenz Jarass -- Unemployment as a social cost / Paolo Ramazzotti amd Marco Rangone -- Social costs and human health : Kapp's approach and its growing relevance today / Pietro Frigato -- Impact of economic and labour market policy on health : health costs of the "transition process" in Central and Eastern Europe / Richard Peter and Johannes Siegrist |
| Summary |
The Social Costs approach to the globalised capitalist market economy has gained new relevance in recent years. The present situation is one of widespread and increasing deterioration of the social, cultural, democratic, and environmental frameworks of advanced capitalist market societies. This deterioration is indicated by the threats of unemployment, precarious working conditions and increasing income/status inequality, uneven geographical developments, and the exploitation and undermining of the institutional fabric of the society. It is aggravated by the rapid extension - at local, nati |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kapp, K. William (Karl William), 1910-1976.
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| SUBJECT |
Kapp, K. William (Karl William), 1910-1976 fast |
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Kapp, Karl William, (1910-1976) -- Critique et interpretation -- Congres. ram |
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Kapp, Karl William. swd |
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Externalities (Economics)
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Institutional economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Free Enterprise.
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Externalities (Economics)
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Institutional economics
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Sozialkosten
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Kapitalismus
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Marktwirtschaft
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Economies externes -- Congres.
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Institutionnalisme -- Congres.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Elsner, Wolfram.
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Frigato, Pietro.
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Ramazzotti, Paolo.
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| ISBN |
0203966325 |
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9780203966327 |
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9786610731688 |
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6610731683 |
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9780415413510 |
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0415413516 |
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