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On The Many Flavors Of Capitalism Or Reflections On Schumpeter's Ghost, John Henry Schlegel
On The Many Flavors Of Capitalism Or Reflections On Schumpeter's Ghost, John Henry Schlegel
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Most legal scholars treat capitalism as a genus with one species. The appearance of several books that argue to the contrary suggests that it is sensible to revisit this assumption. Discussion begins by considering the constructed nature of markets, the importance of market systems, and the role of financings as the factor distinguishing capitalism from other forms of a market economy. Thereafter, four articulations of the varieties of capitalism are reviewed: the classic Marxist one, one by a political economist, another by a pair of comparative political scientists, and third by a trio of economists. This review leads to a …
Introduction: Unsettling Questions, Disquieting Stories, Mae Kuykendall, David A. Westbrook
Introduction: Unsettling Questions, Disquieting Stories, Mae Kuykendall, David A. Westbrook
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The Business Law and Narrative Symposium, held at Michigan State University on September 10-11, 2009, brought together nationally known legal scholars, and scholars from other disciplines, to discuss whether and how the institution of the corporation was embedded in social narratives, public stories. This introductory essay reviews the responses of these scholars to the thesis of Kuykendall's article, No Imagination: The Marginal Role of Narrative in Corporate Law. The authors conclude with a hope that corporate law might offer a more literary sensibility by which to make our lives in global capitalism more comprehensible.