The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism

The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism
Author: John Bellamy Foster
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 158367442X

Absent any "epoch making innovations" like the automobile or vast new increases in military spending, the result was a general trend toward economic stagnation--a condition that persists, and is increasingly apparent, to this day. Their analysis was also extended to issues of imperialism, or "accumulation on a world scale," overlapping with the path-breaking work of Samir Amin in particular. John Bellamy Foster is a leading exponent of this theoretical perspective today, continuing in the tradition of Baran and Sweezy's Monopoly Capital. This new edition of his essential work, The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism, is a clear and accessible explication of this outlook, brought up to the present, and incorporating an analysis of recently discovered "lost" chapters from Monopoly Capital and correspondence between Baran and Sweezy.

Faltering Economy

Faltering Economy
Author: John Bellamy Foster
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 359
Release: 1984
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0853456038

The essays in this volume, by veteran economists as well as younger scholars, are part of a radical attempt to grapple with the problems of advanced capitalist development without discarding the real theoretical breakthroughs made by Keynes. The contributors argue that Keynes was correct in pointing to the economic contradictions stemming from unemployment, income inequality, and speculative finance, but failed to consider the class composition of social output, the macroeconomic effects of the modern firm, and the atrophy of investment under conditions of capitalist maturity. They thus seek to uncover the sources of stagnation under monopoly capitalism by building on the work of three of the great economists of modern times: Marx, Keynes, and Kalecki.

Monopoly Capital

Monopoly Capital
Author: Paul A. Baran
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 1966
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0853450730

Essay on the capitalist economy of the USA - covers corporation structure and giant entrepreneurship, generation and absorption of surplus profit, consumption, investment, historical and political aspects of monopoly, defence policy, etc., and includes sociological aspects, the standard of living and intergroup relations. References.

Treadmill of Production

Treadmill of Production
Author: Kenneth A. Gould
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2015-11-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317250141

Schnaiberg's concept of the treadmill of production is arguably the most visible and enduring theory to emerge in three decades of environmental sociology. Elaborated and tested, it has been found to be an accurate predictor of political-economic changes in the global economy. In the global South, it has figures prominently in the work of structural environmental analysts and has been used by many political-economic movements. Building new extensions and applications of the treadmill theory, this new book shows how and why northern analysts and governments have failed to protect our environment and secure our future. Using an empirically based political-economic perspective, the authors outline the causes of environmental degradation, the limits of environmental protection policies, and the failures of institutional decision-makers to protect human well-being.

Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism

Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism
Author: David Harvey
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2014
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019936026X

David Harvey examines the foundational contradictions of capital, and reveals the fatal contradictions that are now inexorably leading to its end

The Great Financial Crisis

The Great Financial Crisis
Author: John Bellamy Foster
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1583671846

Preface --Introduction --pt. 1. Causes --1. Thehousehold debt bubble --2. Theexplosion of debt and speculation --3. Monopoly-finance capital --4. Thefinancialization of capitalism --pt. 2. Consequences --5. Thefinancialization of capital and the crisis --6. Back to the real economy --Notes --Index.

Inventing the Future

Inventing the Future
Author: Nick Srnicek
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2015-11-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1784780987

This major new manifesto offers a “clear and compelling vision of a postcapitalist society” and shows how left-wing politics can be rebuilt for the 21st century (Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist Realism) Neoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite. Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world by both the right and the left, this book claims that the emancipatory and future-oriented possibilities of our society can be reclaimed. Instead of running from a complex future, Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams demand a postcapitalist economy capable of advancing standards, liberating humanity from work and developing technologies that expand our freedoms. This new edition includes a new chapter where they respond to their various critics.