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The most current text of its kind, The Evolution of Economic Systems: Varieties of Capitalism in the Global Economy explores the effects of politics and culture on the nature of national economic systems. Author Barry Clark distills recent academic work in such areas as comparative political economy, varieties of capitalism, new and old institutional economics, new economic sociology, and social systems of production, presenting the material in a conversational manner that makes it accessible for undergraduate students.

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Barry Clark comes up with an excellent idea to bring a collection of various models of capitalism to readers interested in studying historical evolution of economic systems in modern times. It's definitely a novel attempt for a textbook on varieties of capitalist economic systems in our modern day global economy... - Basanta Chaudhuri (Rutgers) Most appealing in this proposal that author will present a material in more simplistic way (and no too dry and most Economics classes are), without much of 'statistics, math and graphs' this is why this text/class will be of interest to larger group of students majoring in other disciplines rather than just pure Economics. - Cheloukhine (CUNY Queens) This textbook can be used in interdisciplinary studies, such as courses in Global Studies and Political Sciences. It can also be a major supplemental book in Economic Systems and Political Economics. Most appealing: Interdisciplinary, historical. Exploring the cultural, political, historical reasons for economic system variation. - Gene Chang (University of Toledo) This book's broad-based approach is likely to appeal to students, cultivating their interest in the subject matter: every student should find something of interest. --Geoffrey E. Schneider, Bucknell University Clark's textbook is a breath of fresh air in comparative systems. It presents the essentials of the subject within a framework that is at once conceptually challenging, coherent, and interesting. --Aida Ramos, University of Dallas Barry Clark comes up with an excellent idea to bring a collection of various models of capitalism to readers interested in studying historical evolution of economic systems in modern times. It's definitely a novel attempt for a textbook on varieties of capitalist economic systems in our modern day global economy... - Basanta Chaudhuri (Rutgers) Most appealing in this proposal that author will present a material in more simplistic way (and no too dry and most Economics classes are), without much of 'statistics, math and graphs' this is why this text/class will be of interest to larger group of students majoring in other disciplines rather than just pure Economics. - Cheloukhine (CUNY Queens) This textbook can be used in interdisciplinary studies, such as courses in Global Studies and Political Sciences. It can also be a major supplemental book in Economic Systems and Political Economics. Most appealing: Interdisciplinary, historical. Exploring the cultural, political, historical reasons for economic system variation. - Gene Chang (University of Toledo) This book's broad-based approach is likely to appeal to students, cultivating their interest in the subject matter: every student should find something of interest. --Geoffrey E. Schneider, Bucknell University Clark's textbook is a breath of fresh air in comparative systems. It presents the essentials of the subject within a framework that is at once conceptually challenging, coherent, and interesting. --Aida Ramos, University of Dallas

"""This book's broad-based approach is likely to appeal to students, cultivating their interest in the subject matter: every student should find something of interest.""--Geoffrey E. Schneider, Bucknell University""Clark's textbook is a breath of fresh air in comparative systems. It presents the essentials of the subject within a framework that is at once conceptually challenging, coherent, and interesting.""--Aida Ramos, University of Dallas"

Barry Clark comes up with an excellent idea to bring a collection of various models of capitalism to readers interested in studying historical evolution of economic systems in modern times. It's definitely a novel attempt for a textbook on varieties of capitalist economic systems in our modern day global economy... - Basanta Chaudhuri (Rutgers) Most appealing in this proposal that author will present a material in more simplistic way (and no too dry and most Economics classes are), without much of 'statistics, math and graphs' this is why this text/class will be of interest to larger group of students majoring in other disciplines rather than just pure Economics. - Cheloukhine (CUNY Queens) This textbook can be used in interdisciplinary studies, such as courses in Global Studies and Political Sciences. It can also be a major supplemental book in Economic Systems and Political Economics. Most appealing: Interdisciplinary, historical. Exploring the cultural, political, historical reasons for economic system variation. - Gene Chang (University of Toledo) This book's broad-based approach is likely to appeal to students, cultivating their interest in the subject matter: every student should find something of interest. --Geoffrey E. Schneider, Bucknell University Clark's textbook is a breath of fresh air in comparative systems. It presents the essentials of the subject within a framework that is at once conceptually challenging, coherent, and interesting. --Aida Ramos, University of Dallas

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Barry Clark (PhD, U Mass, Amherst) is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Economics Department at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. He has taught at Ripon College, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Tufts, the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he currently offers a comparative economics course. He has written a text on Political Economy for Praeger and has published numerous articles on political economy. Clark's career focus, however, has been on teaching and making difficult ideas accessible to a broader group of students.

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