Positive psychology is influencing educational policy and practice in Britain and North America. This article reveals how this psychological discourse and its offshoot school-based training programs, which stress happiness, self-improvement and well-being, align with an emergent socioeconomic formation: cognitive capitalism. Three key points are made. First, there is an elective affinity betwee...

From the middle of the 19 century until the last decade of the 20, the Marxist tradition provided the most systematic body of ideas and social theory for radical critics of capitalism as an economic system and social order. Even those critics of capitalism who did not directly identify with Marxism relied heavily on Marxist ideas about class, exploitation, commodification, the state, ideology. ...

Dealing with the periodisation and current development of capitalism, this paper starts with a theoretical and historical assessment of imperialism in its Leninist conception. It is argued that the current developments and the rising globalisation of capitalism lead to a dialectical supersession of imperialism. Based on contemporary economic conditions and the current discussion regarding inter...

Abstract This chapter traces the relationship between the emergence of the current growth paradigm and the development of capitalism. It argues that economic growth is a fairly recent phenomenon which is inherently linked to the emergence of capitalism in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It argues that economic growth in capitalism is inevitable, since this economic system is oriented ...

reedom and prosperity stand as the two central themes of Milton Fried-man's political writings. Rather than offering either a " rights/liberty " defense of capitalism or a " utilitarian " defense, Friedman sought to identify the numerous cases where the two motivations coincide. Much of his analysis of markets has attempted to show this broader consilience or compatibility of values. I wish to ...

WE MUST FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE OCTOBER SOCIALIST REVOLUTION [En, Es] We honour the 100th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, of the world-historic event of international significance, which demonstrated that capitalism is not invincible. The working class, the leading class of society with its allies have the strength to overthrow capitalism and construct the socialist socie...

The phenomenon of crony capitalism has been explored primarily with reference to its impact on economic growth. This study investigates the political implications of crony capitalism and, specifically, the interaction between political competition and crony capitalism. Based on a case study of political trajectories in two regions of the Russian Federation, I argue that under crony capitalism p...

ion regarding what became central to economic practices through the legalized definitions of capital and associated property rights in succeeding stages of capitalism: 12 * In merchant capitalism, based on exchange of goods and services, capital was largely tangible (e.g., land, buildings, resources, inventory) and was provided and controlled by individuals or families. * During industrial capi...

This paper is about the dissemination of knowledge across the curriculum and the role business education can play in elevating student awareness and understanding of interdisciplinary thoughts. Most importantly, it explores the importance of thoughtful appreciation of divergent educational paradigms and how such an appreciation can be the bridge toward cohesive, contemporary, and meaningful lea...

In his book Making Globalization Work, Joseph Stiglitz proposes reforms to address problems arising from the global spread of capitalism, problems that he asserts are not inherent to globalization or capitalism but are due to the way those systems have been “managed.” Conversely, postcolonial feminist theorist Chanda Talpade Mohanty’s analysis of those same systems demonstrates that capitalism ...