ANTHRO 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: John Maynard Keynes, Ernest Gellner, World Economy
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What is an economy: a cultural system of adaptaion to an environment , what people do to survive and thrive, not necessarily about money 15295, 3 levels: Producion- how goods are produced (i. e. food producion) What is the relaionship between the economy and the state under capitalism: colonialism and the spread of the naion-state, the modern state system emerged alongside capitalism, ernest gellner. Industrial revoluion prompted emergence of modern naion states. Need a homogenized educaion system to prepare people to work in factories. How is globalizaion challenging the role of the state in economic maters: adam smith (1723-1790): Economic liberalism- the less regulaion of the state, the beter: john maynard keynes (1883-1946): The corporaion is at the center of the social contract, rather than the state: flexible accumulaion. Moving of factories to places where labor and raw materials are cheap.
