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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337673103321

Autore

Westra Richard

Titolo

Periodizing Capitalism and Capitalist Extinction / / by Richard Westra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-14390-2

Edizione

[1st editioin]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Insights into Apocalypse Economics, , 2523-8108

Disciplina

330.122

Soggetti

Macroeconomics

Economics

Schools of economics

Economic history

Economic policy

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

International Political Economy

Heterodox Economics

History of Economic Thought/Methodology

Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

Political Economy/Economic Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction to Periodizing Capitalism -- Chapter 2: Capitalist Development and Theories of Imperialism -- Chapter 3: From Monopoly to “Late” Capitalism -- Chapter 4: Periodizing Really Existing Capitalism of the 1980s and 1990s -- Chapter 5: Regulation School, Social Structures of Accumulation, and Intermediate Theory -- Chapter 6: The Japanese Uno-Sekine Approach to Marxian Political Economy -- Chapter 7: Problematizing Capitalism in the Era of Globalization and Financialization -- Chapter 8: Landlordization of Capitalism and Extinction of an Economic Species -- Chapter 9: Concluding Words.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers the first systematic exposition and critique of the major approaches to periodizing capitalism, bringing to bear both deep rooted theoretical questions and meticulous empirical analysis to



grapple with the seismic economic changes capitalism has experienced over the past 150 years. Westra asks why – despite the anarchic and crises tendencies captured in radical analyses – capitalism manages to reload in a structured stage that realizes a period of relatively stable accumulation. He further evaluates arguments over the economic forces bringing stages of capitalist development to a crashing end. Particular attention in the periodization literature is devoted to examining the economy of the post World War II golden age and what followed its unceremonious demise. The final chapters assess whether what is variously dubbed neoliberalism, globalization or financialization can be understood as a stage of capitalism or, rather, an era of capitalist disintegration and extinction. .