PLSC 270: Capitalism: Success, Crisis and Reform
Lecture 24 - Capitalist Enterprise and Clean Water for a Bolivian City. In this final lecture of the semester, Professor Rae gives a summary of major themes, thinkers, and cases covered in the course. He begins by reviewing some foundational ideas, including Adam Smith's invisible hand, Marxist historicism, Malthusian economics, and Schumpeter's notion of creative destruction. Professor Rae also reviews the importance to capitalism of the modern nation state, which guarantees property rights and contracts, and recalls Hernando de Soto's theories about the importance of formal property rights for developing countries. Various forms of corporate structure and ownership are discussed. Professor Rae concludes by introducing a case about water privatization in Bolivia. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 24 - Capitalist Enterprise and Clean Water for a Bolivian City |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Introduction, Class Agenda and Fundamentals Revisited |
| [00:09:33] | 2. Capital & Capitalism |
| [00:17:38] | 3. State, Property, and Capital |
| [00:32:56] | 4. Wealth Maximizing Law & the Joint Stock Corporation |
| [00:43:33] | 5. Creative Possibilities of a Free Society |
| [00:44:52] | 6. Case Discussion: Bechtel in Cochabamba |
| References |
| Lecture 24 - Capitalist Enterprise and Clean Water for a Bolivian City Instructor: Professor Douglas W. Rae. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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