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 Crisis of Capitalism: Compendium of Applied Economcics (Global Capitalism)

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xiv)   (111K)
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    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Economics Between Science And ‘Non-Science’ In The Current Crisis Of The Capitalist System (1-22)   (118K)
  • Economic Theory From Utopian Socialism To Marx (23-30)   (63K)
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    • Before Marx
    • The Contributions Of The Socialist School
    • 3. The Mystifications Of Political Economy According To Marx
  • The Production Process (31-50)   (110K)
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    • Capitalist Production And The Marxian Theory Of Value
    • Surplus Labour / Surplus Value
    • Social Classes
    • The Usefulness Of The Marxian Analysis In The Current Context
  • The Basics Of National Accounting (51-66)   (91K)
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    • Marxian Categories And Their Statistical Translations
    • Limits Of Conventional Neoclassical Economic Concepts
    • The Centrality Of The Debate On Productive And Unproductive Labour
    • National Income Accounting
    • Economic Operators
    • GNP And GDP
    • Investment As A Central Category Of The Capitalist System
    • Productive And Unproductive Investment
  • A Critique Of National Accounting (67-72)   (58K)
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    • Some Problems Posed By National Accounting
    • Marxism And The System Of National Accounting
  • A Critical Theory Of The Enterprise (73-88)   (91K)
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    • Business Models And The System Of Development
    • Individual Aspects And Economic Determination Of Self-Financing
    • Enterprise Value
  • The Enterprise And The Microeconomics Of Socialism (89-94)   (61K)
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    • The Basic Rules Of Operation
    • The Double Character Of The Process Of Socialist Enterprise Governance
  • Socialist Public Administration (95-106)   (83K)
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    • The Evolution Of The Conceptual Foundations Of Public Administration
    • Reform Processes In Public Management For Socialist Construction
    • The Necessity Of Establishing Monitoring Systems And Indicators
    • The Means And Mechanisms For The Relations Between The State And Economic Policy
  • A Critique Of The Theory Of Hegemonic Liberalism And The Paradigms Of Financialization (107-114)   (62K)
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    • Which Liberalism? Which Market Economy? Which Globalization?
    • The Financialization of Economics
  • The Objectives Of The Socialist Economic Model (115-126)   (82K)
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    • The Transition to Socialism: Different Approaches
    • Changes In Socialist Economic Models
    • Special Features Of Some Economic Planning Models
  • International Trade And Imperialism (127-138)   (76K)
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    • Long Cycles And The Internationalization Of Markets
    • The Role Of International Trade
    • A Critique Of The Theory Of International Specialization Through Trade
  • International Economic Relations From The Point Of View Of The Theory Of Imperialism (139-158)   (108K)
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    • Marx's Approach
    • Formation Of Financial Capital ‘Kf’
    • Lenin's Theory Of Imperialism
    • The U.S. As An Imperialist Economy
    • Economic Imperialism
    • Strategies Of Economic Imperialism
    • Not Only The US; The Europole In Global Competition
  • Imperialism And International Trade In Action (159-182)   (122K)
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    • The North-South, But Also The East-West Conflict
    • Unequal And Combined Development
    • Neoliberalism And Unequal Development, Even In Mature Capitalist Countries
    • Imperialism And Financialization In The Current Systemic Crisis
    • U.S. Military Imperialism And The Economy: The Military-Industrial Complex
  • The Post-Fordist Paradigm And The New Industrial Revolution (183-196)   (81K)
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    • On Class Power
    • How Does The Industrial Revolution Continue?
    • The Information Revolution Or Third Industrial Revolution
    • Fordist Enterprises And The Knowledge Economy
  • Socio-Productive Configuration Of The Knowledge Economy (197-208)   (77K)
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    • The Knowledge Economy In A Society That Manages Communications
    • Society And Immaterial Processes In Knowledge Economies: A Marxist Approach
    • The Value Of Knowledge Or Value Originated By Knowledge
  • The Dynamics And Implementation Of Economic Policies In The Global Competition (209-234)   (126K)
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    • The System Of International Political-Economic Dominance
    • The Market Of Global Financial Capital
    • Tools For ‘Economic Interdependence,’ i.e., Strategies To Enforce Dependency In Global Competition
    • Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) As Political Strategies Of Neoliberal Globalization
    • Consequences Of The Application Of Neoliberal Policies
  • The New Composition Of The World Of Labour And The Construction Of An Anti-Capitalist Social Bloc (235-248)   (86K)
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    • The Modern Proletariat In The New Capital-Labour Contradiction
    • Structural Unemployment And Precariousness As A Characteristic Of The Post-Fordist System
    • Inside The Crisis Of The System: Pulling Together The Threads Of The Capital-Labour Conflict At The International Dimension
  • How Capital Destroys Humanity (249-258)   (68K)
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    • An Unnatural Globalization Of Capital
    • The Consumer Society And Quantitative Development
  • Market ‘Sustainable Development’ In The Dynamics Of The Quantitative Development Of Capital (259-264)   (59K)
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    • What Is Sustainable Development? How, Why And For Whom?
    • The Limits Of A Growth Without Progress, Without Self-Determined Sustainable Development
  • Capital Destroys And Then Measures (265-278)   (86K)
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    • The Cursed GDP
    • The So-Called Alternative Indicators And Environmental Laws. But What “Green Perspective”?
    • Statistical Indicators For Measuring Environmental Impact
    • Environmental Laws, Monitoring Tools For Management Analyses
  • ‘Clean’ Energies Of Capitalism: Agro-Fuels And Planned Crimes Against Humanity (279-284)   (61K)
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    • Producing Energy From Food: The Monstrosity Of Growth
    • Examples Of Leadership And Anti-Leadership
  • Brief Conclusions: The Struggles Of Grassroots Movements And An Economic Socio-Ecological Political Theory For A Development Outside The Market (285-288)   (54K)
  • Capitalist Accumulation And Its Crises (289-296)   (64K)
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    • The Concept Of Crisis
    • Schools Of Thought On The Theory Of Crisis
    • The Counteroffensive Of Capital
  • The Economies’ Cyclical Behavior After WWII (297-308)   (81K)
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    • How Do Crises Of Underconsumption And Overproduction Arise?
    • Cycles And Economic Crises
    • The International Character Of The Capitalist Cycle During The 1970s And Early 1980S
    • The Role Of Foreign Trade In The Transmission Of The Cycles
    • Dependence On Raw Materials, Monetary-Financial Relationship And The Transmission Of The Cycle
    • The Economic Cycle Of The 1980s, Macroeconomic Policy And New Technological Paradigms
  • An Attempt To Overcome The Structural And Systemic Crisis: The Solution Is A Radical Alternative (309-338)   (147K)
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    • Some Considerations And Interpretations Of Neoliberal Globalization
    • Globalization As An Objective Process
    • Globalization As A Subjective Phenomenon: The Political Project Of Neoliberal Globalization Turns Into Global Competition
    • The Proof That Global Competition Is The Current Stage Of Imperialism
    • Aspects Of The Current World Economic And Financial Scenario In The Face Of The Globalization Myth: The Example Of Pension Funds
    • The Relevance Of Structural And Systemic Crises
    • The Radical Alternative Derives From Those Who Do Not And Cannot Pay For The Crisis
  • Bibliography (339-368)   (202K)
  • Index (369-372)   (50K)