TY - BOOK AU - Rochester,Anna TI - Capitalism and progress AV - HC 103 .R6 1945 U1 - 330.15 PY - 1945/// CY - New York PB - International Publishers KW - Capitalism KW - Economics KW - United States KW - Economic conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108) and index; Foreword -- I. Our roots in the past -- II. The nature of capitalism -- III. Producing for sale: What is value? -- IV. Workers produce more than they receive -- V. How surplus value is distributed -- VI. Accumulating capital -- VII. Crises -- VIII. Monopoly and imperialism -- IX. Fascism or democracy? -- X. The road ahead -- Reference notes -- Index N2 - "Capitalism developed without rational guidance as economic life became more complex and every man sought to satisfy his own individual interest without group regulation or control. It became a tremendous force for human progress, increasing the productivity of our labor, stimulating the pursuit of knowledge and scientific research, and laying the foundations for the broad human groups which we know as democratic nations. But at the same time, capitalism has included within itself serious inner contradictions and genuine conflicts of class interest." -- From the foreword ER -