Reading guide for The Origin of Capitalism. A Longer View. Meiksins Wood.
Chapter 4: “Commerce or Capitalism?”
Why should the transition from feudalism to capitalism not be treated as a general European process? (73)
Why is this treatment rooted in the commercialization model? (73)
Explain the consequences of identifying “capitalism” with “cities”. (73-74)
Does the emergence of capitalism bear a relationship with development in commercial sophistication, science, and technology? (75)
Was the autonomy of the cities a decisive factor in the emergence of capitalism?
What was the critical factor in the emergence of capitalism? (75-76)
Explain the logic of trade, according to the author (76-77)
Explain the difference between “profit-seeking” and “efficient” production. (77)
Do the “profits deriving from the advantages in the process of circulation” belong to the capitalist logic? Why? (or, why not?) (79)
Explain the “non-capitalist modes of exploitation” (79-80)
Why was the trade in grain (page 80-82) conducted according to the principles of pre-capitalist commerce?
Explain the productive models of Florence and the Dutch Republic. Why did they not give place to a capitalist system? (87-94)
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