Obsolescent Capitalism
Title | Obsolescent Capitalism PDF eBook |
Author | Samir Amin |
Publisher | Zed Books |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2003-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781842773215 |
A political autobiography from one of the 21st century's most prominent radical intellectuals, this title provides unique insights into how radical movements have evolved in response to global capitalism.
Ending the Crisis of Capitalism Or Ending Capitalism?
Title | Ending the Crisis of Capitalism Or Ending Capitalism? PDF eBook |
Author | Samir Amin |
Publisher | Fahamu/Pambazuka |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2010-11-25 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 190638780X |
The factors that brought about the 2008 financial collapse are examined in this analysis that explores the systemic crisis of capitalism after two decades of neoliberal globalization. Samir Amin lays bare the relationship between dominating oligopolies and the globalization of the world economy and argues that the current crisis is a profound crisis of the capitalist system itself, bringing forward an era in which wars--and perhaps revolutions--will once again shake the world. The author examines the threat to the plutocracies of the United States, Europe, and Japan from decisions of recent G20 meetings and analyzes these powers' attempts to get back to the pre-2008 system and to impose their domination on the peoples of the South through intensifying military intervention by using institutions such as NATO. An alternative strategy which, by building on the advances made by progressive forces in Latin America, would allow for a more humane society through both the North and the South working together is proposed.
Obsolescent Capitalism
Title | Obsolescent Capitalism PDF eBook |
Author | Samir Amin |
Publisher | Zed Books |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2003-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Samir Amin depicts a world in which NATO has taken over the role of the United Nations, in which US hegemony is more or less complete, in which millions are condemned to die in order to preserve the social order of the US, Europe and Japan. Amin's analyses of the Gulf War, the wars in former Yugoslavia and the war in Central Asia reveal the scope of US strategic aims. He argues that the political and military dimension of US dominance is as significant as US economic preponderance in determining the future of capitalist development.
Global History
Title | Global History PDF eBook |
Author | Samir Amin |
Publisher | Fahamu/Pambazuka |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2010-11-25 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1906387966 |
This short book includes studies of capitalism in the ancient world system, central Asia's place in it, the challenge of globalisation, Europe and China's two roads to development, and Russia in the global system.
Decline of Capitalism
Title | Decline of Capitalism PDF eBook |
Author | E.A. Preobrazhensky |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 199 |
Release | 2017-09-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1351715135 |
This title was first published in 1985.
Capitalism's Last Stand?
Title | Capitalism's Last Stand? PDF eBook |
Author | Walden Bello |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2013-06-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1780320477 |
'Walden Bello is the world's leading no-nonsense revolutionary.' - Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine In this eye-opening and often scathing book, Walden Bello provides a forensic dissection of contemporary capitalism's multiple crises. Trenchant but constructive, Bello's analysis of the collapse of the global real economy, covering such issues as the Wall Street meltdown, the disintegration of the Greek economy, and the rise of China, emphasizes the ever more pressing need to engage in a radical process of deglobalization towards a decentralized, pluralistic world system. Only then will we be able to construct a fairer and more equitable society. A stirring call to arms for all those interested in global economic justice.
Is Capitalism Obsolete?
Title | Is Capitalism Obsolete? PDF eBook |
Author | Giacomo Corneo |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2017-10-17 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0674982576 |
After communism collapsed in the former Soviet Union, capitalism seemed to many observers like the only game in town, and questioning it became taboo for academic economists. But the financial crisis, chronic unemployment, and the inexorable rise of inequality have resurrected the question of whether there is a feasible and desirable alternative to capitalism. Against this backdrop of growing disenchantment, Giacomo Corneo presents a refreshingly antidogmatic review of economic systems, taking as his launching point a fictional argument between a daughter indignant about economic injustice and her father, a professor of economics. Is Capitalism Obsolete? begins when the daughter’s angry complaints prompt her father to reply that capitalism cannot responsibly be abolished without an alternative in mind. He invites her on a tour of tried and proposed economic systems in which production and consumption obey noncapitalistic rules. These range from Plato’s Republic to diverse modern models, including anarchic communism, central planning, and a stakeholder society. Some of these alternatives have considerable strengths. But daunting problems arise when the basic institutions of capitalism—markets and private property—are suppressed. Ultimately, the father argues, all serious counterproposals to capitalism fail to pass the test of economic feasibility. Then the story takes an unexpected turn. Father and daughter jointly come up with a proposal to gradually transform the current economic system so as to share prosperity and foster democratic participation. An exceptional combination of creativity and rigor, Is Capitalism Obsolete? is a sorely needed work about one of the core questions of our times.