The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism Contributor(s): Foster, John Bellamy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583674411 ISBN-13: 9781583674413 Publisher: Monthly Review Press OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - Legislative Branch - Political Science | American Government - National |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.83 lbs) 320 pages |
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Publisher Description: In 1966, Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy published Monopoly Capital, today, continuing in the tradition of Baran and Sweezy's Monopoly Capital. This new edition of his essential work, The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism, is a clear and accessible explication of this outlook, brought up to the present, and incorporating an analysis of recently discovered "lost" chapters from Monopoly Capital and correspondence between Baran and Sweezy. It also discusses Magdoff and Sweezy's analysis of the fi nancialization of the economy in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, leading up to the Great Financial Crisis of the opening decade of this century. Foster presents and develops the main arguments of monopoly capital theory, examining its key exponents, and addressing its critics in a way that is thoughtful but rigorous, suspicious of dogma but adamant that the deep-seated problems of today's monopoly-fi nance capitalism can only truly be solved in the process of overcoming the system itself. |
Contributor Bio(s): Foster, John Bellamy: - John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review. He is professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of The Ecological Revolution, The Great Financial Crisis (with Fred Magdoff), Critique of Intelligent Design (with Brett Clark and Richard York), Ecology Against Capitalism, Marx's Ecology, and The Vulnerable Planet. |