CMNS 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wage Labour, Thomas Robert Malthus
13 Apr 2019
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It is only one way among many of organizing economic relations. Non capitalist relations in a capitalist economy social relations (ngos don"t make profit but some argue that they behave as capitalist organizations) (gov"t interventions, welfare) Simple way: kids don"t have to pay to go to swimming lessons, not charged by parents. Capitalism is economic but not all are capitalist. The way we distribute goods in capitalism is by selling them in markets. Pre-existed capitalism -- the emergence of early city states. An economy with these characteristics are most likely a capitalist economy. Mann: democracy can exists without capitalism and vice versa. China: thriving in capitalism economy but not democratic, nazi. History of political economy tied to capitalism as a regime of motive production. Economics: management of the household (oikos "house" and nomos. Paying for groceries, who"s eating the groceries, etc. Pe: management of the household then the community. At this time france and britain was very concerned with pe.
