The Folklore of Capitalism
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The Folklore of Capitalism

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The Folklore of Capitalism

About this book

Stuart Chase in the Herald Tribune called this book about capitalism "the most realistic political treatise of the lot" and adds that "one must be tough and pitiless honesty and pitiless humanity." Some people may disagree with the fi rst assertion, but the second cannot be denied, for in this brilliant analysis of our social and economic structure Thurman Arnold pulls no punches.

By "the folklore of capitalism" the author means those ideas about our social and political system that are not generally regarded as folklore but popularly and usually erroneously accepted as fundamental principles of law and economics. Th rough his searching scrutiny of this "folklore" about capitalism, Th urman Arnold presents a broad scale analysis of the ways in which America thinks and acts.

Arnold is concerned with the manner in which our system actually works rather than with the moral principles that are claimed for it. With this purpose as a basis for his analysis, he exposes the virtues and absurdities, the basic facts and inconsistent gospels of American capitalism. He accomplishes all this with an irony and a sharp lucidity that are rare indeed in the treating of such serious topics.

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Index

Abbott, Edith, 155, 157-158
Adams, James Truslow, 57
Administrative law, 91, 372-375
Advertising, 41, 313
Agricultural Adjustment Act, 339
Alexander, Jack, 371-372
Aluminum Company of America, 220
American Bar Association and the Supreme Court, 29, 52-55
American Businessman, 35-36
American Law Institute, 77-78
American system, 71-74
Angly, Edward, 200
Antitrust policy, 207-229
Artificial remedy, 56
Assets, government, 174
mythology of, 122, 312-317
Baldwin, Roger, 190
Bank credits, 201
Bankruptcy, 233-237
Bellamy, Edward, 221
Bigness, the curse of, 210
Borchard, Edwin M., 283
Brain trusts, 117
Brookings Institution, 6
Browder, Earl, 7
Budget balancing, 102-104, 170-174
Bureaucracy, 11, 30, 31, 53-55
Byrd, Senator Harry, 155, 156, 158, 159
Capital assets, 312-317
Capitalism, in defense of, 22
preservation of, 61
Capitalism vs. Fascism and Communism, 61-62
Capitalization of earning capacity, 202
Cardozo, Mr. Justice, 46, 340
Catholic Church, 15, 16, 23
Chase, Stuart, 1
Chicago Tribune, 7
Chivalry, 34
Church in business, 361-362
C.I.O., 35» 335
Civil Liberties Union, 190, 191
Civil service, 37, 325-326
Communism, 2, 12-15, 36, 37
Competition, suppression of, 221-222
Constitutions, 26-29, 77-79
Copernican revolution, 163
Corporate reorganization, 230-262
Corporate trustees, 238-239
Corporation, personification of, 185-206
Corruption, function of, 369-371
Creditors’ suits, 235-236
Creeds, 10
decline of, 119-121
institution of, 139-142
of government, 26-32, 40...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. The Folklore Of Capitalism
  3. copy
  4. Contents
  5. INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION
  6. I. THE SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE THINKING MAN
  7. II. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
  8. III. THE FOLKLORE OF 1937
  9. IV. THE PLACE OF LEARNING IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS
  10. V. THE USE OF THE LANGUAGE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY TO DESCRIBE AN INDUSTRIAL ARMY
  11. VI. A PLATFORM FOR AN OBSERVER OF GOVERNMENT.
  12. VII. THE TRAPS WHICH LIE IN DEFINITIONS AND POLAR WORDS
  13. VIII. THE PERSONIFICATION OF CORPORATION
  14. IX. THE EFFECT OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS IN ENCOURAGING LARGE COMBINATIONS
  15. X. THE RITUAL OF CORPORATE REORGANIZATION
  16. XI. THE BENEVOLENCE OF TAXATION BY PRIVATE ORGANIZATION
  17. XII. THE MALEVOLENCE OF TAXATION BY THE GOVERNMENT
  18. XIII. THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY OF TOMORROW
  19. XIV. SOME PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL DYNAMICS
  20. INDEX