On Capitalism and Inequality : Progress and Poverty Revisited

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Before Capitalism -- Chapter 3. The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of “Economic Man” -- Chapter 4. The Age of Enlightenment: 1585-1789 -- Chapter 5. Money as Wealth -- Chapter 6. Money as a Medium of Exchange -- Chapter 7. Credit and Banking -- Chapter 8. Money as Gold -- Chapter 9. Money as Printed Paper -- Chapter 10. Capitalism vs. Socialism: A Conflict of Ideas -- Chapter 11. A Conflict of Ideas—continued -- Chapter 12. The Rise of Corporate Capitalism and its Champions -- Chapter 13. A Brief History of Financial Booms and Bubbles -- Chapter 14. The rise and fall of bill-broking and the central bank as Lender of Last Resort (LLR) -- Chapter 15. Bubbles and Panics since 1920 -- Chapter 16. Economic Cycles, in Principle -- Chapter 17. Globalization and the Decline of the Labor Movement -- Chapter 18. Mechanisms for Privatizing Profits and Socializing Losses -- Chapter 19. Leverage: How the Rich Keep getting Richer -- Chapter 20. Is capitalism per se Responsible for Lifting Billions of People out of Poverty? Or is it Responsible for Increasing Inequality? -- Chapter 21. Fixing Capitalism: Is it Time for UBI?.