03664nam 2200577 450 991048040490332120170821194406.01-58367-459-41-58367-460-8(CKB)3710000000128909(EBL)1711978(SSID)ssj0001224491(PQKBManifestationID)12521156(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001224491(PQKBWorkID)11262125(PQKB)10889691(MiAaPQ)EBC1711978(EXLCZ)99371000000012890920140626h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlobal imperialism and the great crisis the uncertain future of capitalism /Ernesto ScrepantiNew York :Monthly Review Press,2014.©20141 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58367-447-0 1-58367-448-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. Mythologies in the New Millennium; Globalization and Its Ideology; Comparative Advantages and Disadvantages; Financial Globalization and Development; Poverty and Inequality; 2. A New Form of Imperialism; Historical Forms of Capitalist Imperialism; Ultra-imperialism and "Imperialism"; Global Imperialism; What Global Imperialism Is Not; What Is Global Imperialism?; An Imperium Maius without a Sovereign; 3. Governing the Global Empire; The "Law of Value"; Commercial Discipline; Financial Discipline; Discipline through Terror; Ideological Discipline4. Multinational Corporations and Nation-StatesThe Heads of the Hydra; The Role of International Organizations; Firms, States, Markets; Can Local Politics Resist Global "Markets"?; 5. The Great Crisis; Financialization and Deregulation; The Millennium Bubble; Act I: The Subprime Crisis; Act II: The Euro Crisis; 6. The Basic Causes of the Crisis; The Evolution of the Wage Share in Advanced Countries; Policy Models: China and the United States; The German Policy Model; The "Markets" Thwart Political Scheming; 7. A Crisis of Transition; The Ups and Downs of U.S. HegemonyThe United States and China: An Armed FriendshipThe Difficulties of Europe and Japan; A Currency World War; Inter-imperial Contradictions?; Conclusion: Whither Global Imperialism?; Bibliography; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZIn this provocative study, economist Ernesto Screpanti argues that imperialism-far from disappearing or mutating into a benign "globalization"-has in fact entered a new phase, which he terms "global imperialism." This is a phase defined by multinational firms cut loose from the nation-state framework and free to chase profits over the entire surface of the globe. No longer dependent on nation-states for building a political consensus that accommodates capital accumulation, these firms seek to bend governments to their will and destroy barriers to the free movement of capital. And while militarCapitalismPolitical aspectsImperialismElectronic books.CapitalismPolitical aspects.Imperialism.330.122337Screpanti Ernesto1948-78217MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910480404903321Global imperialism and the great crisis2030928UNINA