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Performance and Progress - Essays on Capitalism, Business, and Society (Hardcover)
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Performance and Progress - Essays on Capitalism, Business, and Society (Hardcover)
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The prevailing aspiration of business is performance, while that of
society is progress. Capitalism, both the paradigm and practice,
sits at the intersection of these dual aspirations, and the essays
in this volume explore its fraught status there. Contributions to
this volume address questions such as (i) what's the problem with
capitalism?; (ii) is the problem just with the practice or with the
very paradigm?; (iii) what is progress and who is responsible for
it?; (iv) what evolution is required at the individual, system, and
paradigm level so that enterprises and the executives who lead them
may better integrate performance with progress?; and (v) whither
consumers, employees, and investors in this evolution? The book
offers perspectives from two distinct intellectual domains-social
science and philosophy. Scholars in social science (including
economics, management, and sociology) tend to study performance.
Ideas of progress, on the other hand, tend to fall more under the
purview of philosophers (in particular social and political
philosophers). Further, to obtain an insider's view on practice and
possibilities, the volume includes essays from a handful of
thoughtful business leaders. Research should consider not just how
to make sustainability profitable, but also how to make
profitability and the modern economic system sustainable. If we are
to better comprehend why the world is in protest, to reflect on
progress or dilemmas of trust, we must appreciate the tenuous
assumptions of modern microeconomics and markets, and hear from
modern philosophers about the basis and limits of rationality.
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