Anti-Capitalism
A Marxist Introduction
Published on 20. December 2002
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-7453-1894-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a collection of essays from some of the world's leading Marxist economists on the problems of globalisation and the evolution of modern capitalism.
With contributions from Suzanne de Brunhoff, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Ben Fine, Simon Clarke, John Holloway and John Weeks among others, it provides a cohesive critique of the weaknesses of the existing system and puts forward a new agenda for anti-capitalist thought and action.
Covering key issues such as globalisation, the nation state, money and finance, conflict and war, technological change, the environment, class struggle, economic crisis, capitalism in the Third World, the collapse of the USSR, and the transcendence of capitalism, this is an ideal introduction to some of the most pressing problems of our time.
With contributions from Suzanne de Brunhoff, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Ben Fine, Simon Clarke, John Holloway and John Weeks among others, it provides a cohesive critique of the weaknesses of the existing system and puts forward a new agenda for anti-capitalist thought and action.
Covering key issues such as globalisation, the nation state, money and finance, conflict and war, technological change, the environment, class struggle, economic crisis, capitalism in the Third World, the collapse of the USSR, and the transcendence of capitalism, this is an ideal introduction to some of the most pressing problems of our time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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7 b&w figures
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Height: 215 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
510 gr
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978-0-7453-1894-3 (9780745318943)
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Lecio Morais is economics adviser at the Lower House of the Brazilian Parliament. He has published widely on political economy, with a focus on Brazilian financial institutions. He is the author of Brazil (Pluto, 2017) and Anti-Capitalism (Pluto, 2002).
Alfredo Saad-Filho is Professor of Political Economy and International Development in the Department of International Development. Previously, he was Professor of Political Economy at SOAS University of London and Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (2011-12).
Alfredo was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Medal from the Federal University of Goias, Brazil in 2014 and the SOAS Director's Teaching Prize in 2016.
His academic publications include Marx's Capital, Neoliberalism: A Reader, Anti-Capitalism: A Marxist Introduction and Brazil: Neoliberalism versus Democracy, and has produced numerous reports as well and other contributions for the United Nations and other international agencies.
Alfredo Saad Filho is Professor of International Political Economy at Queen's University Belfast, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa), Visiting Professor at LUT University (Finland), Visiting Professor at Universita degli Studi della Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli' (Italy), Senior Associate Researcher at the University of Brasilia (Brazil) and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London (UK). He was Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in Geneva. He has taught in universities and research institutions in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, Switzerland and the UK. His publications include 18 books, 80 journal articles, 60 book chapters, and 30 reports for UN and other international agencies.
Alfredo Saad-Filho is Professor of Political Economy and International Development in the Department of International Development. Previously, he was Professor of Political Economy at SOAS University of London and Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (2011-12).
Alfredo was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Medal from the Federal University of Goias, Brazil in 2014 and the SOAS Director's Teaching Prize in 2016.
His academic publications include Marx's Capital, Neoliberalism: A Reader, Anti-Capitalism: A Marxist Introduction and Brazil: Neoliberalism versus Democracy, and has produced numerous reports as well and other contributions for the United Nations and other international agencies.
Alfredo Saad Filho is Professor of International Political Economy at Queen's University Belfast, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa), Visiting Professor at LUT University (Finland), Visiting Professor at Universita degli Studi della Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli' (Italy), Senior Associate Researcher at the University of Brasilia (Brazil) and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London (UK). He was Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in Geneva. He has taught in universities and research institutions in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, Switzerland and the UK. His publications include 18 books, 80 journal articles, 60 book chapters, and 30 reports for UN and other international agencies.
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction by Alfredo Saad-Filho
Part I: Capital, Exploitation and Conflict
1. Value, Capital and Exploitation by Alfredo Saad-Filho
2. Does All Labour Create Value? by Simon Mohun
3. Money as Money and Money as Capital in a Capitalist Economy by Costas Lapavitsas
4. Capitalist Competition and the Distribution of Profits by Diego Guerrero
5. Contesting Labour Markets by Ben Fine
6. Technological Change as Class Struggle by Les Levidow
7. Capitalism, Nature and the Class Struggle by Paul Burkett
Part II: Global Capitalism
8. The History of Capitalism by Michael Perelman
9. Globalisation and the State: Where is the Power of Capital? by Ellen Meiksins Wood
10. Financial and Industrial Capital: a New Class Coalition by Suzanne de Brunhoff
11. War, Peace and Capitalism: Is Capitalism the Harbinger of Peace or the Greatest Threat to World Peace? by Christopher Cramer
12. Understanding Capitalism in the Third World by Elizabeth Dore
13. Developing Country Debt and Globalisation by John Weeks
14. Globalisation and the Subsumption of the Soviet Mode of Production under Capital by Simon Clarke
Part III: Crisis and the Supersession of Capitalism
15. Capital Accumulation and Crisis by Paul Zarembka
16. Marxian Crisis Theory and the Postwar US Economy by Fred Moseley
17. Where is Class Struggle? by John Holloway
18. Transcending Capitalism: The Adequacy of Marx's Recipe by Michael Lebowitz
19. Towards a Society of Free and Associated Individuals: Communism by Paresh Chattopadhyay
List of Contributors
Index
Introduction by Alfredo Saad-Filho
Part I: Capital, Exploitation and Conflict
1. Value, Capital and Exploitation by Alfredo Saad-Filho
2. Does All Labour Create Value? by Simon Mohun
3. Money as Money and Money as Capital in a Capitalist Economy by Costas Lapavitsas
4. Capitalist Competition and the Distribution of Profits by Diego Guerrero
5. Contesting Labour Markets by Ben Fine
6. Technological Change as Class Struggle by Les Levidow
7. Capitalism, Nature and the Class Struggle by Paul Burkett
Part II: Global Capitalism
8. The History of Capitalism by Michael Perelman
9. Globalisation and the State: Where is the Power of Capital? by Ellen Meiksins Wood
10. Financial and Industrial Capital: a New Class Coalition by Suzanne de Brunhoff
11. War, Peace and Capitalism: Is Capitalism the Harbinger of Peace or the Greatest Threat to World Peace? by Christopher Cramer
12. Understanding Capitalism in the Third World by Elizabeth Dore
13. Developing Country Debt and Globalisation by John Weeks
14. Globalisation and the Subsumption of the Soviet Mode of Production under Capital by Simon Clarke
Part III: Crisis and the Supersession of Capitalism
15. Capital Accumulation and Crisis by Paul Zarembka
16. Marxian Crisis Theory and the Postwar US Economy by Fred Moseley
17. Where is Class Struggle? by John Holloway
18. Transcending Capitalism: The Adequacy of Marx's Recipe by Michael Lebowitz
19. Towards a Society of Free and Associated Individuals: Communism by Paresh Chattopadhyay
List of Contributors
Index