Preface: A Time of Danger and Opportunity |
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11 | (7) |
Introduction |
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18 | (9) |
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27 | (24) |
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31 | (2) |
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Basic Economic Processes: Production, Distribution, and Consumption |
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33 | (8) |
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41 | (5) |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (2) |
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The Cash Nexus: Households, Corporations and the Market System |
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51 | (26) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (4) |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (8) |
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The History of the Corporation is the History of Capitalism |
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67 | (9) |
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76 | (1) |
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Conflict in the Cash Nexus: Labor Unions and Business Associations |
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77 | (34) |
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The Myth of Laissez Faire |
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78 | (3) |
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Monopolies, Trusts, and Business Associations |
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81 | (4) |
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85 | (3) |
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88 | (5) |
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93 | (16) |
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109 | (2) |
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Government and the Ascent of Capitalism |
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111 | (22) |
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Government and the Construction of the Capitalist System |
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112 | (5) |
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Government as a Forum for Democracy |
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117 | (9) |
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Government and Public Services |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (4) |
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132 | (1) |
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The U.S. Financial System Part I: Money and Banks |
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133 | (36) |
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Financial System's Sources and Uses of Money |
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133 | (2) |
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The Financial Economy and the Real Economy |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (4) |
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140 | (3) |
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The Tortured History of American Money |
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143 | (10) |
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American Depository Institutions |
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153 | (5) |
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The Federal Reserve System, ``The Fed'' |
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158 | (9) |
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Conclusion: Money and Democracy |
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167 | (2) |
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The U.S. Financial System Part II: Wall Street, Stocks, and Bonds |
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169 | (29) |
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Corporate Capitalization and Investment Banks |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (3) |
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Stock Classifications and Indexes |
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175 | (3) |
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178 | (2) |
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Stock Markets and Stock Trades |
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180 | (4) |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (3) |
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Government and Corporate Bonds |
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190 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Wall Street and Capitalism |
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192 | (6) |
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America's Umbilical Cord: The International Economy |
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198 | (15) |
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The Internationalization of Economic Activity |
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198 | (3) |
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Global Economic Institutions |
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201 | (5) |
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American Trade Deficits and Debt |
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206 | (5) |
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211 | (2) |
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The U.S. Capitalist Machine |
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213 | (21) |
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214 | (7) |
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221 | (3) |
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Post-World War II Business Cycles |
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224 | (6) |
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Conclusion: The Capitalist Machine and the Wellbeing of the Population |
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230 | (4) |
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The Growth Imperative: Prosperity or Poverty |
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234 | (34) |
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Consumerism: Nurture not Nature |
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237 | (3) |
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240 | (3) |
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The Growth Imperative and the Depletion of Non-Renewable Resources |
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243 | (6) |
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The Growth Imperative and Global Warming |
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249 | (6) |
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The Growth Imperative and a Plutonium Economy |
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255 | (2) |
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The Growth Imperative and the Overuse of Renewable Resources |
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257 | (7) |
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The Fallacy of the Technological Fix |
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264 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Prosperity or Poverty of Growth |
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266 | (2) |
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Sweet Delight and Endless Night: Polarization in America |
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268 | (30) |
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Measuring Economic Inequality |
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271 | (3) |
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Causes of Income Inequality |
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274 | (9) |
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283 | (5) |
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288 | (3) |
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Information Inequality in Commercial Media |
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291 | (5) |
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296 | (2) |
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Financial Market Instability |
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298 | (39) |
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Speculation and the Pattern of Financial Market Instability |
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299 | (6) |
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Early Signs in Biblical Times |
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305 | (1) |
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Tulip Mania of Seventeenth-Century Holland |
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306 | (2) |
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South Sea and Mississippi Bubbles |
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308 | (4) |
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Speculation and Industrial Capitalism |
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312 | (2) |
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314 | (5) |
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Booms and Busts at the Turn of the Third Millennium |
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319 | (15) |
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334 | (3) |
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The Mindful Economy Part I: Redrawing the Institutional Map |
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337 | (15) |
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Mindfulness and Values-Based Principles |
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337 | (11) |
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Institutional Embeddedness |
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348 | (2) |
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350 | (2) |
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The Mindful Economy Part II: Mindful Ownershipand Mindful Finance |
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352 | (27) |
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From Globalization to Localization |
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354 | (5) |
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Non-Capitalist Cooperatives |
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359 | (4) |
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Principles for Cooperative Governance |
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363 | (4) |
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367 | (1) |
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Small Business and Public Enterprise |
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368 | (1) |
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The Mindful Economy and Community-Based Money and Finance |
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369 | (7) |
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376 | (3) |
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The Mindful Economy Part III: Mindful Economics and Sustainable Practices |
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379 | (26) |
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Environmental Sustainability |
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379 | (4) |
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The ``Three E's'' of Sustainable Development |
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383 | (2) |
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385 | (16) |
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401 | (3) |
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404 | (1) |
Conclusion Toward a Mindful Economy |
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405 | (6) |
Notes |
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411 | (7) |
Index |
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