TY - BOOK AU - Swanson,Paul TI - An introduction to capitalism SN - 9780415550925 (hbk.) AV - HC 106.84 S972i 2012 U1 - 330.12/2 PY - 2013/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Free enterprise KW - Libre empresa KW - Keynesian economics KW - Economía Keynesiana KW - Fiscal policy KW - Política fiscal KW - Labor market KW - Mercado laboral KW - 20150300 KW - United States KW - Economic policy KW - Estados Unidos KW - Política económica N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-361) and index; p. 1. The development of the capitalist system -- Economic systems -- The rise of capitalism in the United States -- Growth in the US economy, 1865-1914 -- Imperialism -- The socialist challenge -- p. 2. Markets in a capitalist economy -- Markets -- Labor markets -- Labor -- Income distribution -- Personal income and wealth distribution -- Poverty -- p. 3. Public policy : issues and institutions -- Market failure and government regulation -- The economy and the environment -- Measuring the economy -- Business cycles and unemployment -- The theory of output and employment -- Accumulation and macroeconomic instability -- The federal government budget : instrument of fiscal policy -- Money, banking, and the federal reserve -- International trade -- p. 4. Recent history and beyond -- The Great Depression : time of economic crisis -- The post-war economic boom -- After the golden age : the rise of free market ideology ER -