{"title":"What Defines Capitalism? Whats Wrong with It and How to Fix It","authors":"S. Turnbull","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.1992141","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Many people consider that capitalism is defined by the existence of markets. But markets exist in primitive, feudal, fascist, and socialist societies. Capitalism is better described and identified by the existence of private negotiable property rights. Such rights are not widely available in the type of market economies referred to above.","PeriodicalId":315186,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Capitalism (Topic)","volume":"682 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SRPN: Sustainable Capitalism (Topic)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.1992141","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Many people consider that capitalism is defined by the existence of markets. But markets exist in primitive, feudal, fascist, and socialist societies. Capitalism is better described and identified by the existence of private negotiable property rights. Such rights are not widely available in the type of market economies referred to above.