Capital and imperialism : theory, history, and the present / Utsa Patnaik, Prabhat Patnaik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patnaik, Utsa, author.

Patnaik, Prabhat, author.

Contributor:

Charles H. Maxson Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Imperialism--Economic aspects.

Imperialism.

Physical Description:

384 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Radical Marxist political economists Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik argue that the accumulation of capital has always required the taking of land, raw materials, and bodies from noncapitalist modes of production. They begin with a thorough debunking of mainstream economics. Then, looking at the history of capitalism, from the beginnings of colonialism half a millennium ago to today's neoliberal regimes, they discover that, over the long haul, capitalism, in order to exist, must metastasize itself in the practice of imperialism and the immiseration of countless people"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART 1

1. A Money-Using Economy

2. Money in Some Theoretical Traditions

3. The Marxian System and Money

4. Capitalism and Its Setting

5. Increasing Supply Price and Imperialism

PART 2

6. Periods in Capitalism

7. The Myth of the Agricultural Revolution

8. Capitalism and Colonialism

9. Colonialism before the First World War

10. Further on Colonial Transfers and Their Implications

PART 3

11. The Unraveling of the Colonial Arrangement

12. A Perspective on the Great Depression

13. Public Policy and the Great Famine in Bengal, 1943-44

PART 4

14. Postwar Dirigisme and Its Contradictions

15. The Long Postwar Boom

16. The End of Postwar Dirigisme

PART 5

17. The Neoliberal Regime

18. Inequality and Ex Ante Overproduction

19. Capitalism at an Impasse

PART 6

20. Capitalism in History

21. The Road Ahead.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.

ISBN:

9781583678909

1583678905

9781583678916

1583678913

OCLC:

1148186539

Publisher Number:

99987131176