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Economy and Social Change

Contents of This Chapter:

  1. Learning Outcomes
  2. Chapter Story
    1. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Story
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  3. What Is an Economy?
    1. Types of Economic Systems
    2. Capitalism and Socialism: Critical Comparisons
    3. Critique of Capitalism
    4. Critique of Socialism
    5. Licenses and Attributions for What is an Economy?
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  4. Sociological Perspectives on Economic Change
    1. Karl Marx’s Theory of Historical Materialism
    2. Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic
    3. Going Deeper
    4. Licenses and Attributions for Types of Economies
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  5. U.S. Economic Change Over Time
    1. Technology
    2. Organized Labor
      1. The Fight to Make Bad Jobs Better
      2. May Day: A Labor Movement Case Study
      3. The U.S. Labor Movement Today
    3. Going Deeper
    4. Licenses and Attributions for U.S. Economic Change Over Time
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved Content
  6. New Economic Models
    1. Re-Evaluating Growth
    2. Localization
    3. The Economics of Happiness
    4. Doughnut Economics and Māori Worldview
    5. Going Deeper
    6. Licenses and Attributions for New Economic Models
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved Content
  7. Conclusion
    1. Review of Learning Outcomes
    2. Key Terms
    3. Comprehension Check
    4. Licenses and Attributions for Conclusion
      1. Open Content, Original
  8. References

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