01609nam a22001697a 4500999001700000020001800017082002100035100002100056245007900077260005700156300001600213504001900229520099000248650006401238942001201302952012501314  c25514d25514  a9781107519633  a330.12209bMAR-I  aMarks, Steven G.  aInformation Nexusb: Global Capitalism from The Renaissance to The Present  aCambridgebCambridge University Pressc2016           a xiv, 250p.  aInclude Index
  aCapitalism is central to our understanding of contemporary economic and political life and yet what does it really mean? If, as has now been shown to be the case, capital and property rights existed in pre-modern and pre-capitalist societies, what is left of our understanding of capitalism? Steven G. Marks' provocative new book calls into question everything we thought we knew about capitalism, from the word's very origins and development to the drivers of Western economic growth. Ranging from the Middle Ages to the present, The Information Nexus reveals that the truly distinctive feature of capitalism is business's drive to acquire and analyze information, supported by governments that allow unfettered access to public data. This new interpretation of capitalism helps to explain the rise of the West, puts our current information age into historical perspective, and provides a benchmark for the comparative assessment of economic systems in today's globalized environment.  aHistoryvCapitalismvEconomic historyvInformation Networks  2ddccBK  00104070aNASSDOCbNASSDOCd2019-03-25eOPi2019-03-25l0o330.12209 MAR-Ip50401r2019-08-29 00:00:00w2019-03-25yBK