Penser l'économie avec Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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Galbraith first explores the social darwinism of Herbert Spencer and others that served as apology for the highly unequal distribution of wealth in the US at the end of the 19th century and naturalized differences in wealth by appealing to the concept of natural selection of the fittest. Then some instances of the unscrupulous business practices (i.e. robberies) of the American railroad tycoons and other business magnates are recounted. Lastly, Galbraith lines out some of the arguments of Thorstein Veblen, who delegitimized and ridiculed the business and leisure activities of the rich by putting them in the same category as predatory and ritualized practices of primitive or ancient societies.

Costas Lapavitsas explica el proceso de financiarización y la absorción de los sistemas de pensiones en éste.

Menschen sind kreative und sinnsuchende Wesen. Wir lieben es, zu lernen, Rätsel zu lösen und Neues zu gestalten. Wir suchen nach Verständigung und Verständnis. Wir sind erzählende und reflektierende Wesen, die in einer Welt der Geschichten leben.

Philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill laid several foundations for liberal thinking, amongst others with the harm principle: everyone should be given the individual freedom - and not be hindered by e.g. state intervention - to act as s/he wants as long as no other person is harmed by this action. A short insight in his book On Liberty.