Capitalism, democracy, and Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery

  • 作者: Mueller, John E.
  • 出版: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ©1999.
  • 稽核項: 1 online resource (xi, 335 pages).
  • 標題: Entrepreneurship. , Free Enterprise. , Democracy. , Capitalism. , entrepreneurs. , Capitalismo. , Entrepreneurship , Entrepreneuriat. , Democracia. , Electronic books. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Free Enterprise. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
  • ISBN: 1400823129 , 9781400823123
  • ISBN: 0691001146
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  • 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-315) and index. Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents
  • 摘要: Annotation Democracy is overrated. Capitalism, on the other hand, doesn't get enough credit. In this provocative and engaging book, John Mueller argues that these mismatches between image and reality create significant political and economic problems--inspiring instability, inefficiency, and widespread cynicism. We would be far better off, he writes, if we recognized that neither system is ideal or disastrous and accepted instead the humdrum truth that both are "pretty good." And, to Mueller, that means good enough. He declares that what is true of Garrison Keillor's fictional store "Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery" is also true of democracy and capitalism: if you can't get what you want there, "you can probably get along without it."Mueller begins by noting that capitalism is commonly thought to celebrate greed and to require discourtesy, deceit, and callousness. However, with examples that range from car dealerships and corporate boardrooms to the shop of an eighteenth-century silk merchant, Mueller shows that capitalism in fact tends to reward behavior that is honest, fair, civil, and compassionate. He argues that this gap between image and re
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