No questions are more pressing today than the ethical dimensions of global capitalism in relation to an unevenly secularized modernity. A Tale of Two Capitalism

An interdisciplinary examination of nineteenth-century British capitalism, its architects, and its critics

For the first time in history, the globe is dominated by one economic system. Capitalism prevails because it delivers prosperity and meets desires for autonomy.

This book takes a comparative approach to economic history to offer ways to increase our understanding of the divergence between South America and Scandinavia.