The unity of the capitalist economy and state - A systematic-dialectical exposition of the capitalist system

Geert Reuten offers a systematic exposition of the capitalist system, showing that the capitalist economy and the capitalist state constitute a unity.

List of contents

Systematic-dialectical exposition by chapter Preface
General introduction
Part 1 The capitalist economy
1 The capitalist mode of production – the capitalist economy in general
2 Accumulation of capital
3 Finance of enterprises – the macroeconomic pre-validation and validation of production
4 Market interaction and stratified production
5 The cyclical over-accumulation and destruction of capital – business cycles
Part 2 The capitalist state
Introduction to part two: the capitalist state
6 The granting of capitalist economic rights – the capitalist state in general
7 Furthering the conditions for the accumulation of capital
8 State expenditure and its finance – effects on macroeconomic surplus-value and on the distribution of income and wealth
9 The imposition of competition
10 The reach of the capitalist state
Part 3 The international capitalist system
11 The international capitalist system
Part 4 Summary and additions
12 General summary and conclusions
13 Synopsis of the main systematic moments of the capitalist system
14 An outline of systematic dialectics – General appendix
Bibliography
List of symbols, abbreviations, signs and equations
Glossary of field-specific terms
Index of names
Index of subjects
Index of main empirical graphs and tables

About the author

Geert Reuten teaches political economy at the University of Amsterdam's School of Economics. He has authored two books (including Value-form and the state, with Michael Williams, Routledge 1989), edited six books and published seventy articles in academic journals and books.

Summary

Geert Reuten offers a systematic exposition of the capitalist system, showing that the capitalist economy and the capitalist state constitute a unity.

Product details

• Authors: Geert Reuten
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2020
• EAN: 9781642593730
• ISBN: 978-1-64259-373-0
• No. of pages: 727
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Historical Materialism
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Marxism & Communism, Economic theory and philosophy