Beschreibung
'Modern Capitalism and its Chances to Survive': Since generations capitalism has been disputed by scholars and economists as an economic system which produces more negative than of positive results. Hence, in this book I attempt to compare economic systems from antiquity until today in order to find out whether they had similar structures or if they were completely different. I am convinced that the industrialization since the second half of the 18th century in Great Britain and Europe significantly changed the economic and social patterns in industrializing countries all over the world. For an instance, it is notable that productive life in our modern societies bear few similarities to former economies. In spite of many negative statements against recent capitalism, I attempt to argue that modern economic methods will continue to improve modern human life.
Autorenporträt
Hubert Kiesewetter studierte Ökonomie, Philosophie, Geschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie in Frankfurt am Main, Kiel, an der London School of Economics und in Heidelberg. 1973 Promotion in Philosophie an der Universität Heidelberg und 1985 Habilitation in Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte an der Freien Universität Berlin. Gastprofessuren in Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) 1986/87, am St. Anthony's College Oxford 1989/90 und an der Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne 1994 sowie Konrad-Adenauer-Professor an der Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. 1987/88. Von 1990 bis 2004 Professor für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte an der Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
