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Autore: | Screpanti Ernesto <1948-> |
Titolo: | Global imperialism and the great crisis : the uncertain future of capitalism / / Ernesto Screpanti |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Monthly Review Press, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina: | 330.122 |
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Soggetto topico: | Capitalism - Political aspects |
Imperialism | |
Classificazione: | POL000000POL030000POL011000 |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 Discipline |
4. 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. Hegemony | |
The 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; Z | |
Sommario/riassunto: | In 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 militar |
Titolo autorizzato: | Global imperialism and the great crisis |
ISBN: | 1-58367-459-4 |
1-58367-460-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910786533303321 |
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