Introducing Capitalism: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)

by Dan Cryan

1. Natural science is one area where people can definitely be said to make progress – Newton was a brilliant physicist, but it is quite correct to say that today’s undergraduate understands more about the world than Newton did. 2. Natural science shapes societies by giving military and economic advantages: military and economic success mean that countries must match the technology and often production techniques of their neighbours. 3. In effect this is industrialization, as it involves more than just bringing technology into the workplace – it involves rationalizing the division of labour, and the transportation of goods, i.e. the essence of efficient capitalism. However, this argument is not enough to get Fukuyama to the claim that capitalism is the end of history. For that he needs a second argument, and this requires two more ideas: