Empirical analysis of (critiques) of capitalism

Zdi se, da je dandanes beseda »kapitalizem« beseda s tako ideološko-nabitim prizvokom, da znanstvene, vrednotno-nevtralne razprave o njem skorajda ni več mogoče imeti. O kapitalizmu lahko slišimo le dve zgodbi – zelo »pro-kapitalistično« ali zelo »anti-kapitalistično«, namreč »Kapitalizem je izkoriščanje« ali »Kapitalizem je naš rešitelj«. Ker pa se verjame, da je (vsaj bolj) ideološko-nevtralen pogled na kapitalizem mogoč (še bolj pa potreben), je cilj te naloge kapitalizem analizirati karseda empirično in zato znanstveno. Z drugimi besedami: želi se predstaviti še tretja zgodba, ki poskuša biti manj ideološka in argumentirana s pomočjo teorije, ki je utemeljena v empiriji. To se poskuša storiti tako, da se v prvem delu najprej kapitalizem karseda natančno in operacionalno konceptualizira, glede na to konceptualizacijo kapitalizma pa potem preko logike in predvsem empiričnih dejstev analizira glavne kritike zoper njega. Povedano na kratko: gre torej za iskren poskus predstavitve nekaterih dejstev in argumentov v zvezi s kapitalizmom.Today, the word “capitalism” seems to be a word with such an ideologically charged tone that it is almost impossible to have a scientific, value-neutral debate about it. Only two stories can be heard about capitalism – very "pro-capitalist" or very "anti-capitalist", namely "Capitalism is exploitation" or "Capitalism is our savior". However, since it is believed that a (at least more) ideologically-neutral view of capitalism is possible (and even more necessary), the aim of this task is to analyze capitalism as empirically and therefore scientifically as possible. In other words: it wants to present a third story that tries to be less ideological and argumentative through theory, grounded in empirics. This is done by first conceptualizing capitalism as accurately and operationally as possible in the first part, and in the light of this conceptualization of capitalism then analyzing the main criticisms against it through logical and, above all, empirical facts. In short, it is a sincere attempt to present some facts and arguments concerning capitalism