Capital in the twenty-first century : commodities, money and capital in the global economy / Alexander Buzgalin and Andrey Kolganov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buzgalin, A. V. (Aleksandr Vladimirovich), author.

Kolganov, Andrey, author.

Clarke, Renfrey, author.

Series:

Geopolitical Economy Series

Geopolitical Economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883--Philosophy.

Marx, Karl.

Marxism.

Capitalism--Post-capitalism.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Capital in the 21st century

Commodities, money and capital in the global economy

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

How would Marx have understood twenty-first-century capitalism? For Buzgalin and Kolganov, the answer lies in a theoretical investigation of how and why the fundamental elements of capitalism- commodities, money and capital - have changed since the publication of Marx's Capital more than 150 years ago. Introducing the concepts of social creativity, markets for simulacra and virtual fictitious capital - Buzgalin and Kolganov offer a recovery and development of Marx's understanding of social transformations. Twenty-first century capitalism not only demonstrates Marxism's relevance to the core economic questions of our time and its superiority over neoclassical economics, but it leads English-language readers into the 'undiscovered country' of Soviet and post-Soviet critical Marxism. How might modern Marxism respond to the contemporary challenges of the commodification of knowledge and information? And can it arrive at something resembling a Capital for the twenty-first century? This accessible and comprehensive account is essential reading for those wanting to understand the problems of the modern economy.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures

Tables

Acknowledgements

Foreword to the English edition

I: Methodology matters

1 The methodology of Capital

2 From orthodoxy to the post-Soviet school of critical Marxism

3 Obsolete postmodernism

4 What drives the development of technology and the economy

II: The market, money, and capital in the twenty-first century

5 Late capitalism

6 The totalitarian market

7 Money in the twenty-first century

8 Capital of the twenty-first century

9 Twenty-first-century reproduction

Conclusion

Postscript

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-3146-3

OCLC:

1286794584