The age of unproductive capital : new architectures of power / by Ladislau Dowbor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dowbor, Ladislau, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

This book offers a very direct and readable analysis of the main challenges facing our societies today, such as reducing inequality, protecting the planet, and in particular mobilizing our financial resources which linger in tax havens and feed speculation, instead of funding the sustainable development we need. It precisely considers the most important factors, including corporate governance, financialization, capturing political power, and the limits to adequate national economic policies in a world dominated by global finance. The book's presentation of how sensible and productive policies are dismantled will be highly interesting for the international community, whether in the academic, corporate or government spheres.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Epigraphs

Contents

Preface to the English Edition

Introduction

1 - The dimension of challenges

2 - The global corporate control network

3 - Corporate governance

4 - The decision-making process and the dilution of responsibility

5 - Financial systemic oligopoly

6 - Tax havens

7- Financial control of commodities

8 - The capture of political power

9 - Thomas Piketty

10 - Appropriation of social surplus by financial capital

11 - The quest of new courses

12 - The Brazilian dimension

13 - Chronology of disaster

14 - Overview

Conclusion

Annex

Glossary

References.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

1-5275-2314-4

OCLC:

1149097401