The recent financial meltdown and the resulting global recession have rekindled debates regarding the nature of contemporary capitalism. This book analyses the ongoing financialization of the economy as a development within capitalism, and explores the ways in which it has chang…
Globalisation: a systematic Marxian account
by Smith, Tony
fromHistorical materialism book series
Traces a dialectical ordering of positions in the globalisation debate, with later positions interpreted as responses to "immanent contradictions" implicit in earlier ones. The progression culminates in a Marxian framework addressing the contradictions implicit in various forms …
In the most complete, accurate and accessible presentation of Karl Marx' s theory of capitalism to date, Johan Forn s presents a guide for anyone who wants to understand how today' s crisis-ridden society has emerged and is able to sustain and intensify its own deep inner contra…
This unique and original book offers a critical survey of the regulation approach, an influential theoretical school born in the 1970s and belonging to the neo-Marxist and radical political economy traditions. The author's persuasive argument is that regulation, in order to expl…
Volume two of this work covers the years 1861-1863, when Marx consolidated and refined the arguments of his critique of political economy in his relatively neglected manuscripts "Theories of Surplus Value". Special attention is paid to the nature, scope and limitations of Marx's…
Volume one of "Marx's Critique of Political Economy" analyses the intellectual sources and evolution of Marx's critique of political economy leading up to the writing of the main Capital manuscripts (1844-1860). The volume provides a clear illustration of the contents of the tex…
Subversive thought is none other than the cunning of reason when confronted with a social reality in which the poor and miserable are required to sustain the illusion of fictitious wealth. Yet, this subsidy is absolutely necessary in existing society, to prevent its implosion. T…
Subversive thought is none other than the cunning of reason when confronted with a social reality in which the poor and miserable are required to sustain the illusion of fictitious wealth. Yet, this subsidy is absolutely necessary in existing society, to prevent its implosion. T…
In contrast to the traditional view that Marx's work is restricted to a critique of capitalism and does not contain a detailed or coherent conception of its alternative, this book shows, through an analysis of his published and unpublished writings, that Marx was committed to a …
Bringing together work by international scholars, this title provides an analysis of the trajectory of Korea's political economy from a distinctly Marxist perspective. It aims to differentiate the Marxian approach to the political economy of Korean development from the left Keyn…
The papers that comprise this collection introduce key advances in modern value theory. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium approaches are discussed alongside the theory behind abstract labour and money.
