Capitalism and inequality

Abstract According to the prevailing opinion, capitalism is a market economy governed by immutable laws and inequality is the result of competition between free and equal individuals on that market. This paper argues that capitalism, as developed in Western Europe in modern times, has more in common...

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Main Author: Boike Rehbein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Brasília 2020-11-01
Series:Sociedade e Estado
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-69922020000300695&tlng=en