Capitalism [VINTAGE 1990]

Seldon, Arthur

Published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1990

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As new condition black linen boards with gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Foreword by Lord Chapple of Hoxton; Preface; Acknowledgments; Envoi: A Promise Kept; Descriptive Guide to Readings; Name Index and Subject Index. Second printing. "The world will be much the richer for Arthur Seldon's book on Capitalism. He has played an enormously important role in the change in the climate of opinion not only in Britain but throughout the workd.Perhaps the appearance of this book will give him more of the public credit that he so richly deserves for his intellectual contribution." - Milton Friedman, Hoover Institution, Stanford. "Arthur Seldon has been the intellectual leader of the Institute of Economic Affairs for thirty years. His survey of the debate between supporters of capitalism and socialism is a masterly synthesis of the case for capitalism and the case against socialism." - - George J. Stigler, The University of Chicago. "One of the books of the decade." - Brian Walden, Sunday Times. "Arthur Seldon's new book is a tenacious and elegant 'celebration' of capitalism despite its faults. Traditionally, socialist critics have contrasted captalism as it is in the world we have known with socialism as it is envisaged in a world they have yet to demonstrate is possible. It creates a false debate that socialism must win and captialism cannot win whatever its achievements. Furthermore, it confuses the people's choice between the 'capitalist hell' they know and the 'socialist heaven' they are promised. Using the methodology of the critics of capitalism in the opposite direction, the book places socialism as it is against capitalism as it could be. Arthur Seldon argues that neither system is without faults and failures, but that an informed choice is properly made by assessing the degree to which they can be corrected. The book argues that, unlike socialism, the weaknesses of capitalism are not inevitable nor fundamental to the system it creates and concludes that it is with capitalism that the choice must lie." - from the inner front jacket flap. "Capitalism abounds in fascinating insights into history, and personal anecdotes mixed with economic analysis. It is a powerful book which will set its many readers thinking about these profound issues." - Patrick Minford, Professor of Economics, University of Liverpool. "Reading Arthur Seldon's powerful book has been educational, challenging and painful. It thrusts a dagger into the heart of Socialism."- Frank (Lord) Chapple, leader of the Electricians' Union, 1966-84. "This book is powerful and fascinating. It contains the most incisive writing I have seen on the subject." - Professor Stephen Haleler, University of Maryland. "Arthur Seldon's clarity of thought is matched by the clarity of his prose. He has with this book made a major contribution to political and economic thought on the central issue of our time." - Lord Sharp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Capitalism [VINTAGE 1990]
• Publisher: Basil Blackwell, Oxford, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Miller, Craig and Cocking Design Partnership (jacket design)
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New