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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Document |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Costas Panayotakis; Joel Kovel |
ISBN: | 1783714972 9781783714971 1849646163 9781849646161 |
OCLC Number: | 1303399278 |
Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.). |
Contents: | Foreword by Joel KovelPreface1. Capitalism, Scarcity and Economic Democracy2. The Neoclassical Approach to Scarcity3. Scarcity and Capital Accumulation4. Scarcity, Capitalist Exploitation, and Consumption5. Economic Democracy and the Multiplicity of Social Inequalities and Struggles6. Capitalism, Scarcity and Global Inequalities7. Scarcity and the Deepening Ecological Crisis8. Imagining Economic Democracy: Two Models9. The Way Forward: Economic Democratization as a Strategy of Reforms and Fundamental Social ChangeConclusionHumorous Appendix: Austerity Nut and His MessageNotesBibliographyIndex |
Series Title: | Future of world capitalism. |
Responsibility: | Costas Panayotakis ; foreword by Joel Kovel. |
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'Combines theoretical boldness and the determination to extend Marxian theory. It deserves to be read as another impressive product of the global rethinkings of Marxism now engaged in building a Marxism for the twenty-first century' -- Richard D. Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 'An extremely scholarly, insightful and well-argued contribution - with ecology and feminism given the attention often denied them - to this crucially important literature. Highly Recommended' -- Bertell Ollman, Department of Politics, New York University, author of Dance of the Dialectic: Steps in Marx's Method 'Extremely timely ... Panayotakis develops a critical approach to an issue that is central to neo-classical economics but rarely the subject of critical analysis' -- Molly Scott Cato, Reader in Green Economics, Cardiff University 'An excellent contribution to attempts to think beyond the current crisis of capitalism' -- Dr Benjamin Selwyn, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex 'This is a fine book, full of thoughtful considerations on the most pressing issues facing us' -- Ted Benton, Environmental Ethics Read more...


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