The megamachine and its social costs

Berger, Sebastian

Abstract

This preface discusses the social costs of capitalism as megamachine. The focus is on linking the book's main thesis on capitalist double-entry book keeping as essence of the megamachine with the heterodox economics theory of social costs. The socialization of losses is exposed as a core algorithmic mechanism of the capitalist megamachine.

• Publication Date: Jan 28, 2025
• Deposit Date: Aug 28, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 29, 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Series Title: Economics and Humanities
• Book Title: Capitalism as Megamachine: A New Legal, Historical and Political Approach
• ISBN: 9781032884806
• Keywords: Social Costs, Capitalism, Megamachine
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/12042743
• Publisher URL: https://www.routledge.com/Capitalism-as-Megamachine-A-New-Historical-Legal-and-Political-Approach/Richard/p/book/9781032884806
• Contract Date: Jun 11, 2024