Accumulating capital today : contemporary strategies of profit and dispossessive policies / edited by Marlène Benquet and Théo Bourgeron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benquet, Marlène, editor.

Bourgeron, Théo, 1991- editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge studies in social and political thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 236 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part 1 Accumulating through the Exploitation of Labour and Nature p. 11

1 The dynamics of capital accumulation in managerial capitalism: the United States since World War II p. 13 / Gérard Duménil and Dominique Lévy

2 Dispossessive wage labour: understanding accumulation and its crisis in contemporary Cameroon large-scale plantations p. 33 / Guillaume Vadot

3 Between green growth and de-growth: locating the roots of climate change in capitalist accumulation p. 47 / Matthew Soener

4 Exploring accumulation in the New Green Revolution for Africa. Ecological crisis, agrarian development and bio-capitalism p. 61 / Maura Benegiamo

Part 2 Accumulating through Financial Investment p. 75

5 Constructing a favourable environment for financial accumulation: the case of the City of London Corporation p. 77 / Matthew Eagleton-Pierce

6 Collective effort, private accumulation: constructing the Luxembourg investment fund, 1956-2019 p. 89 / Samuel Weeks

7 Financial accumulation and exploitation: the case of leveraged buy-outs p. 104 / Fabien Foureault

8 Philanthrocapitalist accumulation and financial inclusion p. 118 / Philip Mader and Lesley Sherratt

Part 3 Accumulating through Digital Technologies p. 133

9 Struggling to reform data capitalism: blockchain and the pipe dream of paying up p. 135 / Moritz Hütten

10 Predation in the age of algorithms: the role of intangible assets p. 149 / Cédric Durand

11 Ghost management as a central feature of accumulation in corporate capitalism: the case of the global pharmaceutical sector p. 163 / Marc-André Gagnon

Part 4 Accumulating through the Transformation of Profit into Personal Wealth p. 179

12 The role of the owner in new capitalist accumulation processes: the case of Finland p. 181 / Hanna Kuusela and Anu Kantola

13 Wealth managers, guardians of enrichment: the case of wealth managers in France p. 196 / Camille Herlin-Giret

14 Accumulation and tax professionals: the case of tax consultants in Germany p. 208 / Silke Ötsch

15 Why do women accumulate less wealth than men? p. 224 / Céline Bessière and Sibylle Gollac.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version: Accumulating capital today

ISBN:

9781003089513

1003089518

9781000334814

1000334813

9781000334937

1000334937

Publisher Number:

99986361957

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