Political economy

Wir leben in einer der reichsten Gesellschaften auf der Erde.

"In der Geschichte des Kapitalismus waren die führenden Kapitalisten und ihre Praktiken noch nie so unbekannt wie heute: BlackRock & Co.

The United States is entering a period of profound uncertainty in the world political economy--an uncertainty which is threatening the liberal economic order that its own statesmen created at the end of the Second World War.

For two decades, militant jihadism has been one of the world's most pressing security crises.

The end of the Cold War ushered in an age of American triumphalism best characterized by the "e;Washington Consensus:"e; the idea that free markets, democratic institutions, limitations on government involvement in the economy, and the rule of law were the foundations of prosperity and stability.

For two decades, militant jihadism has been one of the world's most pressing security crises.

The loans ordinary Americans take out to purchase homes and attend college often leave them in a sea of debt.

The United States is entering a period of profound uncertainty in the world political economy--an uncertainty which is threatening the liberal economic order that its own statesmen created at the end of the Second World War.

Recent elections in the advanced western democracies have undermined the basic foundations of political systems that had previously beaten back all challenges -- from both the left and the right.

Since 1980, China has evolved from a poor and mostly rural society into one of the largest economies in the world.

China's reform era is ending.

Is China building a new empire in rural Africa?

Natural resources like oil and minerals are the largest source of unaccountable power in the world.

The loans ordinary Americans take out to purchase homes and attend college often leave them in a sea of debt.

China's reform era is ending.

The end of the Cold War ushered in an age of American triumphalism best characterized by the "e;Washington Consensus:"e; the idea that free markets, democratic institutions, limitations on government involvement in the economy, and the rule of law were the foundations of prosperity and stability.

Since 1980, China has evolved from a poor and mostly rural society into one of the largest economies in the world.

Natural resources like oil and minerals are the largest source of unaccountable power in the world.

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Europe has not been so weak and divided for a long time.

Europe has not been so weak and divided for a long time.

Is China building a new empire in rural Africa?

Historian and political thinker Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that theories of "e;postmodern"e; fragmentation, "e;difference"e;, and contingency can barely accommodate the idea of capitalism, let alone subject it to critique.

Banks have taken a backseat since the global financial crisis over a decade ago.

Much has been written about Britain's trailblazing post-1970s privatization program, but the biggest privatization of them all has until now escaped scrutiny: the privatization of land.

What would a viable free and democratic society look like?

The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 still has the world on tenterhooks.

After years of ill health, capitalism is now in a critical condition.

This influential collection of essays focuses on the elusive concept of "e;value,"e; and aims to answer the question "e;Why is Marx's theory of value so important?

Fully Automated Luxury Communism promises a radically new left future for everyone.

In this short, highly readable book, the master of world-systems theory provides a succinct anatomy of capitalism over the past five hundred years.

On the 25th January 2015 the Greek people voted in an election of historic importance-not just for Greece but potentially all of Europe.

The question of ownership is the critical fault line of our times.

"e;It is easier to imagine the end of the world,"e; the theorist Fredric Jameson has remarked, "e;than to imagine the end of capitalism.

The republication of Suzanne de Brunhoff's classic investigation into Karl Marx's conception of "e;the money commodity"e; shines light on commodities and their fetishism.

According to leading economist Ann Pettifor, one of the few people to predict the 2008 financial crisis, money is not a commodity but a promise.

In Capitalism: A Ghost Story, best-selling writer Arundhati Roy examines the dark side of Indian democracy - a nation of 1.

Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living on the cusp of an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as we know it.

In this republication of the 1971 original, Ernest Mandel traces the development of Marx's economic ideas from the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts to the completion of the Grundrisse.

When Value and Naturalism in Marx was first published in English in 1979, recent controversies in socialist economic theory had been concentrated on the tenability or untenability of Marx's labour theory of value.

Exploring the genesis of neoliberalism, and the political and economic circumstances of its deployment, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval dispel numerous common misconceptions.

After thirty years of retreat, the last decade has witnessed a resurgent left in the United States and Western Europe.

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In this landmark book, the author of The New Enclosure provides a forensic examination and sweeping critique of early-twenty-first-century capitalism.

What if the problems of modern society don't come from production, but rather consumption and the system of cultural signs?

Historia del saqueo de América Latina que muestra cómo funcionan los mecanismos actuales del despojo: los tecnócratas en jet, herederos de los conquistadores en carabela, Hernán Cortés y los infantes de marina, los corregidores del reino y las misiones del Fondo Monetario Internacional, los dividendos del tráfico de esclavos y las ganancias de la General Motors.

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