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CAPITALISM & SOCIALISM
ISLAMIC ECONOMIC SYSTEM
Islamic economics refers to the economic system that
conforms to Islamic scripture and traditions. Islamic
finance belongs to the category of religious ethical finance.
The central features of an Islamic economy are
summarized as the following:
"behavioralnorms and moral foundations" derived from the Quran and
Sunnah
Zakat tax as the basis of Islamic fiscal policy
Prohibition of interest
GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAMIC
ECONOMIC SYSTEM
Abu Yusuf (731798), was chief jurist for Abbasid Caliph Harun
alRashid, for whom he wrote the Book of Taxation (Kitab al
Kharaj)
AlGhazali (1058–1111) classified economics as one of the sciences
connected with religion, along with metaphysics, ethics, and
psychology.
Iranian philosopher Nasir alDin alTusi (1201–1274) presents an
early definition of economics (what he calls hekmatemadani, the
science of city life)
Other includes Qabus, alGhazali, alFarabi (873–950), Ibn Sina
(Avicenna) (980–1037), Ibn Miskawayh, Ibn Khaldun (1332–
1406), and Asaad Davani (b. 1444). Their articles discussions on
included division of labor within households, societies, factories,
and among nations
FEATURES OF ISLAMIC
ECNOMIC SYSTEM
Inducement to Maximum Utilization of the Resources of
the Universe
Use of Lawful Means for Earning Livelihood
Inducement to Spend Wealth within Limits
Arrangement for Promoting the Circulation of Wealth
Economic Freedom
Equitable Distribution of Wealth
Flexibility
Regulating the Mechanism of Prices
Positive Role of the State
CAPITALISM ECONOMIC
SYSTEM/FREE MARKET
ECONOMIC SYSTEM
An economic system in which investment in and ownership of the
means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is
made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or
corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state
owned means of wealth.
Features of Capitalism Economic system:
Factors of production are owned by the individuals
Every individual has freedom to start business of his own choice
All economic activities are guided by the motive of profit
Individuals are the owners and acquire property and pass it on to next heir
after death
Government has little role to play in the functioning of the economy
Prices of goods and services are determined by the market forces of demand and
supply
DIFFERENT TYPE OF CAPITALISM
Turbo capitalism – free market capitalism with little government
regulation
Responsible capitalism Free markets but also a social welfare net.
Problems of Capitalist Economic System:
Inequality.
Monopoly
Environmental problems
SOCIALISM ECONOMIC SYSTEM/
PLANNED ECONOMIC SYSTEM
An economic and political system based on public or collective
ownership of the means of production. Socialism
emphasizes equality rather than achievement, and values
workers by the amount of time they put in rather than by
the amount of value they produce.
Features of Socialism:
In socialism means of productions are owned by government
Economic activities are planned by central planning authority
Absence of competition
No economic freedom to the people
ADVANTAGES & DRAWBACKS OF
SOCIALIST ECONOMIC SYSTEM
Advantages:
Greater Efficiency
Greater Welfare
Absence of Monopolistic practices
Absence of Business fluctuations
Disadvantages:
Elimination of Indivualism
Red tapism and Inefficiency
Consumer Suffers
CONCLUSION
In both system there are some weak point that
possible lead to writing a critique, for example as
an Industrial Workers of the World poster (1911)
Critics about capitalism and socialism:
Economic inequality and instability
Social alienation and inequality
Unfair distribution of money and power
Willingness toward market monopoly or oligopoly (and government by
oligarchy)
Imperialism
Exploitation in terms of cultural and economic
Repression of workers and trade unionists
unemployment