03687nam 2200577 450 991078653330332120170821194406.01-58367-459-41-58367-460-8(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 aspectsImperialismCapitalismPolitical aspects.Imperialism.330.122337POL000000POL030000POL011000bisacshScrepanti Ernesto1948-78217MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786533303321Global imperialism and the great crisis3734854UNINA