Political Economy of Global Capitalism and Crisis

This book provides a thoroughly socialised and historically based account of financial crises, and of the post-2007/08 crisis in particular. It draws on Marx and offers a theoretically informed but empirically based understanding of recent political and economic transformations.

List of contents

1. Understanding the political economy of global capitalism and crises, 2. Capitalism and other social orders, 3. Value theory in an incompletely capitalist society, 4. The heterogeneity of capital, 5. A contribution to a theory of crisis and recovery, 6. States and global capitalism, 7. The Keynesian moment and its contradictions, 8. Global restructuring: extensive accumulation and financialization, 9. The world market and the Crisis, 10. Recession or renewal, 11. Re-locating capital?

About the author

Bill Dunn is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney, Australia.

Summary

This book provides a thoroughly socialised and historically based account of financial crises, and of the post-2007/08 crisis in particular. It draws on Marx and offers a theoretically informed but empirically based understanding of recent political and economic transformations.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Dunn, Bill (University of Sydney Dunn, Dunn Bill
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2014
• EAN: 9780415844383
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84438-3
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political Economy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Finance & accounting, Marxism & Communism, Finance and accounting