TY - JOUR T1 - Branko Milanovic. Caplitasim, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019, 287p) TT - Branko Milanovic. Caplitasim, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019, 287p) AU - Gülser, Evren PY - 2025 DA - October Y2 - 2025 JF - Social Review of Technology and Change JO - SRTC PB - Işık University Press WT - DergiPark SN - 2980-1621 SP - 157 EP - 163 VL - 3 IS - 2 LA - en AB - Branko Milanović’s Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World (2019) examines why, and how capitalism has become the world’s only dominant economic system and explores the tensions that now shape its future. Milanović contrasts Liberal Meritocratic Capitalism in the West with Political Capitalism, exemplified by China, and carefully dissects the internal contradictions of each. This review outlines some of the author’s main arguments, highlights the book’s contributions, and considers its limitations. KW - Political Economy KW - Liberal Meritocratic Capitalism KW - Political Capitalism KW - Global Inequality KW - Globalization N2 - Branko Milanović’in Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World adlı eseri, kapitalizmin neden ve nasıl dünyanın tek baskın ekonomik sistemi haline geldiğini irdeleyerek, geleceğini şekillendiren gerilimleri ele alıyor. Milanović, Batı’daki Liberal Meritokratik Kapitalizm ile Çin örneğinde ortaya çıkan Politik Kapitalizm’i karşılaştırarak her iki sistemin içsel çelişkilerini titizlikle inceliyor. Bu çalışma, yazarın temel argümanlarını özetliyor, katkılarını vurguluyor ve kitabın sınırlılıklarını tartışıyor. CR - Bayer, Patrick., Ross, Stephen, L., ve Topa, Giorgio (2008). Place of work and place of residence: Informal hiring networks and labor market outcomes. Journal of political Economy, 116(6), 1150-1196. https://doi.org/10.1086/595975. CR - Dale, Stacy. B., Krueger, Alan. B. (2002). Estimating the payoff to attending a more selective college: An application of selection on observables and unobservables. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(4), 1491-1527. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355302320935089. CR - Eliason, Marcus, Hensvik, Lena, Kramarz, Francis., & Skans, Oscar. N. (2023). Social connections and the sorting of workers to firms. Journal of Econometrics, 233(2), 468-506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.12.018. CR - Markovits, Daniel. (2019). The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite. Pinguin Press: UK. CR - Milanović, Branko. (2019). Capitalism, alone: The future of the system that rules the world. Harvard University Press: US. CR - Pomeranz, Keneth. (2009). The great divergence: China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy. In The Great Divergence. Princeton University Press: US. CR - Rawls, John. (1971). The Theory of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harward University Press: US. CR - Rivera, Lauren. A. (2012). Hiring as Cultural Matching: The Case of Elite Professional Service Firms. American Sociological Review, 77(6), 999-1022. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122412463213. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/srtc/issue//1779757 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/5222106 ER -