This paper assesses the current variety of capitalism in Laos using Hall and Soskice’s (2001) comparative approach … and the emerging body of knowledge on Varieties of Asian Capitalism. In addition to a systematic discussion of the … continuation of this variety of capitalism is likely to result in excessive inequality and severe environmental degradation. The …

What interpretation of human flourishing, what ideas of value does capitalism in practice embody and promote? To … ones (Does capitalism promote human flourishing? Is capitalism desirable? Is capitalism better than the alternatives …?). Capitalism may not fit very well any of the standard conceptions of well-being, as pleasure or satisfaction or fulfilment of …