Global Political Economy: A Critique of Contemporary Capitalism

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Introduction to Historical Materialism: A Theory of Society and History
2. Essential Concepts in Marxian Political Economy
3. Notes on Marx’s Critique of Classical Political Economy
4. Capitalist Mode of Production: A Basic Interpretation
5. Contemporary Capitalism
6. Reserve Army of Labour
7. Political Economy of Employment-Unemployment in Capitalism
8. Can Capitalism Survive the High Degree of Automation? A Comparison with Thomas Piketty’s Argument
9. The Agrarian Question a Century After 1917: Capitalism in Agriculture and Agricultures in Capitalism
10. ‘Big is Not Always Beautiful’: Family Farms and Capitalism
11. What is Monopoly Capital?
12. Late Marx, Luxemburg, and the Conception of ‘Accumulation of Capital’
13. Financialisation: There’s Something Happening Here
14. Reflections on the Classical Theory of Imperialism: Does History Repeat Itself?
15. What is Imperialism? Situating Imperialism in Relation to Capitalism and Colonialism
16. Climate Crisis and the Idea of Degrowth
17. Capitalism, Ecology and Eco-Socialism
18. Energy, Economic Growth, and Ecological Crisis
List of Contributors
About the Editors