Capitalism: the story behind the word

Part I: Problems

Capitalism and commercial society

Capitalism and the history of political thought

Capitalism, war, and debt

Capitalism, Royalism, and the social question

Capitalism and the right to work

Capitalism in a divided world

Part II: Solutions

Karl Marx: Capitalism, Communism, and the division of labor

Adam Smith: Capitalism, utility, and justice

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: civil society and the state

David Ricardo: public debt and comparative advantage

Lorenz von Stein: public debt and public administration

Conclusion.