Why Not Capitalism?

by Jason Brennan

Book Overview

Most economists believe capitalism is a compromise with selfish human nature. As Adam Smith put it, "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." Capitalism works better than socialism, according to this thinking, only because we are not kind and generous enough to make socialism work. If we were saints, we would be socialists.

In Why...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415732972
• ISBN13: 9780415732970
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.6"