ABSTRACT

The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism presents a radical institutional approach to the analysis of capitalism. Ernesto Screpanti puts forward a number of provocative arguments that expose common ground in both neoclassical and Marxist orthodoxies. It will appeal to a broad audience of social scientists including advanced students and professio

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|38 pages

The employment contract, transaction institutions and capitalism

Profit making and labour mobilisation

chapter 2|68 pages

Individuals, culture and behavioural institutions

Premisses

chapter 3|33 pages

The state and normative institutions

The incompleteness of institutions

chapter 4|40 pages

Forms of co-operation and power

chapter 5|70 pages

Production governance structures

A taxonomy of governance structures

chapter 6|32 pages

Different forms of capitalism

The need for a general theory of capitalism