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" The tools of law that shape capitalism : "
Koen Byttebier.
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BL
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861522
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Byttebier, K., (Koen)
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The tools of law that shape capitalism : : and how altering their use could give form to a more just society /\ Koen Byttebier.
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Cham :: Springer,, 2019.
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Economic and financial law & policy -- shifting insights & values,; v. 3
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1 online resource (247 pages)
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3030241823
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: 9783030241827
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3030241815
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9783030241810
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Main legal building stones of the capitalist socio-economic order -- Neoliberalism -- Some major unanswered challenges of our times -- Some thoughts on a monetary way out -- Introducing a universal "care state" model -- A new focus on man -- General conclusion.
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The book provides a critical analysis of the legal mechanisms that help shape the capitalist system, and also makes proposals for deploying these tools in a different manner. Although often disguised in difficult legal jargon, in reality the main legal building blocks of the prevailing capitalist socio-economic system are simple, the most important being: (1) money; (2) the company form and (3) (neo)liberal state organization aimed at making markets as free as possible for the entrepreneurial sector. Having been used to create the socio-economic order over 2-3 centuries, the legal systems that helped shape capitalist societies around the globe have also contributed to a variety of fundamental problems that remain unaddressed by the capitalist system itself, such as ever-mounting public and private debt, pollution and climate change, an increasing polarization between rich and poor and a globally unjust fiscal order. By proposing alternative uses for the tools of law that shape capitalism, the book also makes proposals for dealing with these matters.
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Capitalism.
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Law and economics.
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Capitalism.
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Law and economics.
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330.122
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HB501
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