Practices, Firms and Varieties of Capitalism

摘要: Against MacIntyre’s view that capitalism is incompatible with the conduct of economic production as a genuine practice, this paper claims capitalist economies take number institutionally distinct forms, and these differ significantly in extent to which, reasons for they are antithetical practice. Drawing on extensive literature comparative political economy varieties capitalism, it argues while ‘Liberal’ Market Economies such USA UK conform quite closely understanding ‘Coordinated’ Germany Japan do not. In particular, industry-based associations German model argued be highly conducive internal goods standards excellence central MacIntyrean practices.