Capitalism

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The paper discusses the negative and positive aspects of capitalism. The paper is supposed to be a comparison of two books provided, with background information from a half dozen course readings. The paper explains that the comparison was not easily apparent, due to the nature of the books. As such, using themes from both books, the paper does compare them, but through looking at the negative aspects of capitalism that are often overlooked.

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"In the 20th century, capitalism's chief competitor was communism. The two systems competed across the world for supremacy. Capitalism won, while communism fell. Even after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, almost all of the remaining communist states shifted towards the capitalist model. Socialist leaning states such as India also shifted increasingly to a capitalist model. Capitalism triumphed again, just as it had over religion and autocracy in Enlightenment Europe. The last decade has seen almost every state in the world attempt to imitate the capitalist model."

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