Book ID: CBB197608124

The Information Nexus: Global Capitalism from the Renaissance to the Present (2016)

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Marks, Steven G. (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: XIV + 250 pp.
Language: English

Capitalism is central to our understanding of contemporary economic and political life and yet what does it really mean? If, as has now been shown to be the case, capital and property rights existed in pre-modern and pre-capitalist societies, what is left of our understanding of capitalism? Steven G. Marks' provocative new book calls into question everything we thought we knew about capitalism, from the word's very origins and development to the drivers of Western economic growth. Ranging from the Middle Ages to the present, The Information Nexus reveals that the truly distinctive feature of capitalism is business's drive to acquire and analyze information, supported by governments that allow unfettered access to public data. This new interpretation of capitalism helps to explain the rise of the West, puts our current information age into historical perspective, and provides a benchmark for the comparative assessment of economic systems in today's globalized environment.

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Authors & Contributors
Bishara, Fahad Ahmad
Vause, Erika
Iversen, Torben
Soskice, David
Traugh, Geoffrey
Philippon, Thomas
Concepts
Capitalism
Economic history
Economics
Globalization; internationalization
Business history
Information networks
Time Periods
19th century
21st century
Modern
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
France
Great Britain
Indian Ocean
Spain
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