Marxism and the Global Financial Crisis

Informationen zum Autor Hillel Ticktin is Emeritus Professor of Marxist Studies at theCentre for Socialist Theory and Movements and Honorary Professorial Fellow of the School of Social Sciences! the University of Glasgow! UK. This text discusses the nature of Marxist theory of crisis and applies it to the global financial crisis which began in 2007. It goes into the detail of its causes in a spirited and independent manner. Zusammenfassung The book discusses the nature of Marxist theory of crisis and applies it to the global financial crisis which began in 2007. It goes into detail into its causes in a spirited and independent manner. This book was published as a special issue of Critique. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Crisis and the Capitalist System Today Hillel Ticktin 2. ‘Its Patrimony, its Unique Wealth!’ Labour-Power, Working Class Consciousness and Crises: An Outline Consideration Marc Mulholland 3. From Marx to Goldman Sachs: The Fictions of Fictitious Capital, and the Financialization of Industry Michael Hudson 4. Value, Price and Epic Recession Jack Rasmus 5. US Economic Performance from 1929 to 2008 in Terms of the Marxian Theory of Crises, with Some Notes on the Recent Financial Crisis George Economakis , Alexis Anastasiadis and Maria Markaki 6. Greece and the World Capitalist Crisis Savas Michael-Matsas 7. Iran’s Political and Economic Crises Yassamine Mather

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• Authors: Hillel Delete (Ticktin, Hillel Ticktin, Hillel (University of Glasgow Ticktin, Ticktin Hillel
• Assisted by: Hillel Ticktin (Editor), Ticktin Hillel (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.12.2012
• EAN: 9780415828925
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82892-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Social & political philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, social and political philosophy, International Economics, Political Economy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade, Economic theory and philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General