The Quality of Society, Volume II

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contents


1. Introduction To Unified Theory Of Capitalism


Foundations And Findings


Unified Theory Of Capitalism Vs Prevailing Economic Theories


References


2. Scientific Economic Laws Of Capitalism


Science Is Epistemology


Beta-Propositions As Economic Laws


Equilibrium Laws


Causality Laws


Internalizing Physics And Biology Into Economic Process
On The "Law Of Supply And Demand"




The Nature Of Scientific Laws In Economics


Unified Theory Of Capitalism Vs Standard Economics


The Engineering Of Economics


Conclusions


References


3. European Colonialism And Capitalist Development


The Old World And The New World


A Brief History Of European Colonialism


Colonialism And The Capitalist Divide


Some Regional Differences


The Collapse Of European Colonialism


Conclusions
Appendix: European Colonial Legacy In Third World Countries




References


4. Hobsbawm's Question On Peasantry


Andean Peasant Economy: The Geographical And Social Context


Peasant Farming Vs Capitalist Farming In The Andean Highlands


A Static Sigma Model Of The Andean Peasant Economy


A Dynamic Model


An Evolutionary Model: From Peasant To Wage Labor


From Peasant To Part-Time Peasant


The Effect Of Climate Change


The Effect Of Growth In Illegal Activities


Answering Hobsbawm and Amending The Standard Theories
Conclusions




References


5. On Economic Behavior of Workers


Standard Theories of Consumer Behavior


Human Drives in Workers Behavior


A Static Model


A Dynamic Model

Confronting Predictions with

Adolfo Figueroa holds a Ph.D. degree in economics from Vanderbilt University, USA. He is a Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Catholic University of Peru. He has published several books with Palgrave: The Quality of Society, Economics of the Anthropocene Age, Rules for Scientific Research in Economics, and Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment. During his distinguished academic career, Figueroa served as a visiting professor at American, European, and Latin American universities. And he participated in several international collaborative research projects (at the University of Oxford, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and other institutions). As a professional economist, he worked as consultant to several international organizations (including the World Bank, ILO, UNDP, FAO, and IFAD), doing fieldwork in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.