Whither Capitalism? Internalizing the Market and Free Investment
This book is the first to clarify the essential meaning and serious impact of globalization at the most abstract level from the point of view of Polanyi's three socioeconomic principles of exchange, reciprocity and redistribution. It also provides a theor
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Whither Capitalism? Internalizing the Market and Free Investment
Whither Capitalism?
Makoto Nishibe
Whither Capitalism? Internalizing the Market and Free Investment
Makoto Nishibe School of Economics Senshu University Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
This is the English translation from the Japanese language edition: Whither Capitalism?: Internalizing the Market and Free Investment by Makoto Nishibe. Copyright © 2011 Nishibe Makoto. All rights reserved. First published 2011 by NHK Publishing, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. ISBN 978-981-13-0703-4 ISBN 978-981-13-0704-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0704-1 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
Preface
While I write this, I keep drinking plastic bottled green tea or water. When did I start drinking it with those plastic bottles? When I was in elementary school, I remember drinking glass bottles of orange and purple-colored carbonated water in front of a mom-and-pop candy store on my way home from school. Moreover, when I was in high school, I often drank canned coffee at a kiosk on the platform of JNR. However, I have no memory of drinking green tea or water with a plastic bottle then. I am not sure, but I probably started buying it as a commodity when I was a university student in the 1980s. When I drank with my friends in my apartment, empty 2-liter plastic bottles of green tea and water I bought at a convenience store were lying along with empty glass bottles of beer and sake on tatami mats. I once felt something strange suddenly when I stood in a convenience store, taking a look at a large number of 500 ml plastic bottles of water lining up in a refrig
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