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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results55 Connexions Library3 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 1 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryThe Accumulation of Capital  Luxemburg, Rosa Book 1913 Rosa Luxemburg's analysis of the inherent contradictions of capitalist accumulation. Africa rising? The economic history of sub-Saharan Africa Olamosu, Biodun; Wynne, Andy Article 2015 An overview of the economic history of sub-Saharan Africa since independence (around 1960 for most countries). The Age of Finance Capital -- and the Irrelevance of Mainstream Economics Hossein-Zadeh, Ismail Article 2015 Despite the fact that the manufacturers of ideas have elevated economics to the (contradictory) levels of both a science and a religion, a market theodicy, mainstream economics does not explain much w... Business as Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Future of Capitalism Mattick, Paul Jr. Book 2011 In Business as Usual Paul Mattick explains the recession in jargon-free style, without shying away from serious analysis. He explores current events in relation to the development of the world economy... Das Capital, Volume 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production Marx, Karl Book 1867 Marx's great work sets out to grasp and portray the totality of the capitalist mode of production, and the bourgeois society that emerges from it. He describes and connects all its economic features, ... Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America: Historical Studies of Chile and Brazil Frank, Andre Gunder Book 1967 The four essays in this book offer a sweeping reinterpretation of Latin American history as an aspect of the world-wide spread of capitalism in its commercial and industrial phases. Capitalism is a Waste of Time: Godwin, Malthus & the Ideology of "No Alternative" Rhodes, Jason Article 2010 The "no alternative" of permanent scarcity is both the all too familiar essence of our daily politics as well as the ideology at the heart of the discipline of economics, defined in the most widely us... The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Volume I: Economic Writings 1 Luxemburg, Rosa (Edited by Peter Hudis Book 2013 This first volume in Rosa Luxemburg's Complete Works, entitled Economic Writings 1, contains some of Luxemburg's most important statements on the globalization of capital, wage labour, imperialism, an... The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Volume II: Economic Writings 2 Luxemburg, Rosa (Edited by Peter Hudis and Paul Le Blanc) Book 2015 This volume contains a new English translation of Luxemburg’s most important book, The Accumulation of Capital (1913) as well as her response to its critics. Taken together, they constitute one of the... Connexions: Volume 8, Number 2 - Summer 1983 - Toward a New Economy Serial Publication (Periodical) 1983 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1987 Debt Bondage Or Self-Reliance: A Popular Perspective on the Global Debt Crisis Book 1985 Describes the effects of international debt on workers, the unemployed, and peasants who neither asked for or benefit from such debt. It describes the growing number of people's movements in Canada an... Democracy Against Capitalism Wood, Ellen Meiksins Book 1995 Wood provides a brilliant explication and defense of the key theoretical concepts relevant to socialism, understood to be the most radical social and economic democracy. The Economic Crisis in Fact and Fiction: Paul Mattick Jr. with John Clegg and Aaron Benanav Mattick, Paul Jr.; Clegg, John; Benanav, Aaron Article 2011 An interview with Paul Mattick Jr., the author of Business as Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Future of Capitalism. Economic History As It Happened - Volume I: The Dynamics of U.S. Capitalism: Corporate Structure, Inflation, Credit, Gold, and the Dollar Sweezy, Paul; Magdoff, Harry Book The unique feature of these essays is the point of view of the authors. Unlike almost all others possessing their kind of technical expertise, they view these matters from the standpoint of society. I... Economic History As It Happened - Volume II: The End of Prosperity: The American Economy in the 1970s Sweezy, Paul; Magdoff, Harry Book Paul M. Sweezy and Harry Magdoff, the editors of Monthly Review, set out the development of U.S. and global capitalism from the late 1960s to the 'financial explosion' age of the early 1990s and after... Economic History As It Happened - Volume III: The Deepening Crisis of U.S. Capitalism Sweezy, Paul M; Magdoff, Harry Book In these essays, written between 1977 and 1981, the authors assess the results of efforts taken to stabilize the economy after the epochal changes of the early 1970s, the end of capitalism's 'golden a... An Economic History of West Africa Hopkins, A.G. Book 1973 An examination of the economy of West Africa from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. The Economy of Cities Jacobs, Jane Book 1970 Ideas about what makes cities rich or poor, how cities grow, and how city growth affects national economies. The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World? Kovel, Joel Book 2002 We live in and from nature, but the way we have evolved of doing this is about to destroy you. Capitalism and its by-products -- imperialism, war, neoliberal globalization, racism, poverty, and the de... The Faltering Economy: The Problem of Accumulation Under Monopoly Capitalism Foster, John Bellamy; Szlajfer, Henryk Book 1984 The essays in this volume are part of a radical attempt to grapple with the problems of advanced capitalist development without discarding the real theoretical breakthroughs made by Keynes. The Formation of the Economic Thought of Karl Marx: 1843 to Capital Mandel, Ernest Book 1971 Mandel discusses the development of Marx's economic ideas from their beginning to the completion of the Grundrisse. He combines a historical retrospective and a review of curent discussions on each of... The Great Transformation: The political and economic origins of our time Polanyi, Karl Book 1944 Polanyi analyzes the social and political upheavals that took place in England during the rise of the market economy. Polanyi contends that the modern market economy and the modern nation-state should... Imperialism, Nationalism, and Canada. Heron, Craig (ed.) Introduction by John Saul and Craig Heron Book 1977 Interpretations of Canada's status in the system of world imperialism and the internal dynamics of class, race, and region within the Canadian national state. Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism Warren, Bill Book 1980 Argues that the accepted theories of imperialism are profoundly flawed. Ireland and the Irish Question Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich Book 1971 Brings together all of Marx's and Engels' writing on Ireland in one volume. The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times Arrighi, Giovanni Book 1994 A comprehensive analysis of the development of world capitalism over the millennium.The Long Twentieth Century traces the epochal shifts in the relationship between capital accumulation and state form... Man's Worldly Goods: The Story of the Wealth of Nations Huberman, Leo Book 1936 Huberman sets out to explain history using economic theory, and to explain economic theory using history. He tries to explain, in terms of the development of economic thought, why certain doctrines ar... The Mark Engels, Friedrich Article 1892 A short essay on the primitive form of collective land ownership in Germany and the subsequent development of private property. Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 28: Marx 1857 - 1861 Marx, Karl Book 1861 Economic Manuscripts of 1857-58. Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 29: Marx 1857 - 1861 Marx, Karl Book Economic Manuscripts of 1857-58. Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 30: Marx 1861 - 1863 Marx, Karl Book Economic Manuscripts of 1861-63. A Marxist History of the World part 29: The peculiarity of Europe: e Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 Why Europe? Why was it that the second great transformation in human existence - the development of capitalism and industrial society - was pioneered on the western edge of the Eurasian land-mass? A Marxist History of the World part 32: Lord, burgher, and peasant in medieval Europe Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 Feudalism is often portrayed as a stagnant system where little changed over centuries. The reality was a system that was more dynamic and productive than anything before it argues Neil Faulkner. Nature of Economies Jacobs, Jane Book 2000 Jacobs argues that since human beings exist wholly within nature as part of natural order in every respect, we should look to the processes of nature for vibrant and flexible models of economic planni... Parasites in the Body Economic: the Disasters of Neoliberalism Hudson, Michael Article 2015 Michael Hudson discusses his new book, "Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy." A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Harman, Chris Book 1999 Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. The Perspective of the World: Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 3 Braudel, Fernand Book 1984 Pre-Capitalist Economic Formations I: The process which precedes the formation of the capital relation or of original accumulation Marx, Karl Article 1857 Notes by Marx not intended for publication. Pre-Capitalist Economic Formations II Marx, Karl Article 1857 Notes by Marx not intended for publication. Pre-Capitalist Economic Formations Marx, Karl (with an introduction by Eric J. Hobsbawm) Book 1858 Thes notes of 1857-1858 throw light on Marx's views concerning the economic development of human society as a whole, from "primitive communism" to capitalism and socialistm. The notes deal partcularly... Privatizing Social Security: Who Wins?: Against The Current vol. 114 Prins, Nomi Article 2005 Over the years, there have been numerous attempts and proposals to privatize the social security system. It was a key Republican platform item in the 2000 election. The idea was subsequently thwarte... Radical Perspectives on the Economic Crisis of Monopoly Capitalism URPE/PEA Teach-In/Teach-Out Pamphlet Collective Book 1975 A popular education pamphlet on the economic crises of monopoly capitalism. Seeds of Fire: A People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. A Short History of Primitive Accumulation: From Adam Smith to Angela Merkel Perelman, Michael Article 2013 In Capital, Smith’s concept of “original accumulation” appeared as a word that could mean either original or primitive. Then in the English translation of the English translation of Capital “primitive... Some Reflections on the Evolution of Canada's Political Economy: and its Implications on its Families and Communities Article 1979 This position statement by the Vanier Institute is originally published in the January 1979 issue of their newsletter Transition. "Total Capital" Rigor and International Liquidity: A Reply to Robert Brenner Goldner, Loren Article 1999 The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism: A Symposium Sweezy, P.M; Dobb,M; Takahashi H.K; Hilton,R; Hill,C. Book 1967 A Travesty of Financial History: Bank Lobbyists will Applaud Hudson, Michael Article 2016 Debt mounts up faster than the means to pay. Yet there is widespread lack of awareness regarding what this debt dynamic implies. From Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC to the modern world, the wa... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesBreak Their Haughty Power Articles on capitalism, socialism, and revolution, from a left-Marxist perspective. International Institute of Social History Maintains a collection, conducts research and offers a range of services in the field of national and international social history in general and labour history in particular. Since 2005, it has in ad... Marxists Internet Archive Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryThe Myths of Reaganomics Rothbard, Murray N. 1987 How well did Reagan succeed in cutting government spending, surely a critical ingredient in any plan to reduce the role of government in everyone's life? In 1980, the last year of free-spending Jimmy ... From the Connexions ArchivesMarxists Internet Archive Website Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable. |
