Rethinking capitalism

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ID23184409
AuthorsSandra Waddock (0000-0003-1089-7686), Malcolm Mcintosh
Year2017
Pages38-51
Publication date2017-09-08
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueSEE Change (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781351278645-3
OpenAlexW4246631370
ISBN9781351278645
LanguageEN
Citations received16

In this chapter, the authors explore some elements of the emergence of what they call SEE Change—the change to a sustainable enterprise economy—and begin thinking through some of the implications for capitalism itself. In a context of need for change, the very word &s;capitalism&s; requires rethinking. Enterprise, risk taking, innovation and creativity, like conversation, caring and sharing, are fundamentally a part of what it means to be human: capitalism—at least in its non-radicalised form—has the best potential to tap into some of the attributes. The speculative frenzy and demand for ever-increasing share price that partially underlay the 2008 economic meltdown highlights a number of other chinks in the veneer of capitalism. Civil society is constituted of those organised entities of human civilization that are neither government nor business. Civil society is a counterpart sector to governmental and political sectors and to the economic or business sphere.

Capitalism · Economics · Political science · Law · Political Economy and Marxism

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