Understanding Capitalism: Critical Analysis From Karl Marx to Amartya Sen
Author:   Douglas Dowd
Publisher:   Pluto Press
ISBN:  

9780745317823


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   20 June 2002
Format:   Paperback
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This text combines the essays of seven leading economists, including Robin Hahnel and John Bellamy Foster, in a critical assessment of the relationship between economic thought and the dominance of capitalism. With subjects ranging from Karl Marx to Amartya Sen, the book traces the growth of the capitalist system over the past 200 years and how economic theory has, in fact, become capitalist ideology. Relating socio-economic and analytical histories to present-day economic policy, this work is designed to be a comprehensive introduction to the key thinkers in economic thought past and present.

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Author:   Douglas Dowd
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.297kg
ISBN:  

9780745317823


ISBN 10:   0745317820
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   20 June 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Douglas Dowd 1. Karl Marx: The Needs of Capital vs. The Needs of Human Beings by Michael Lebowitz 2. Thorstein Veblen: The Evolution of Capitalism from Economic and Political to Social Dominance; Economics as its Faithful Servant by Douglas Dowd 3. What Gramsci Means Today by Carl Boggs 4. The U.S. Institutionalists by Michael Keaney 5. Post Keynesian Economics By Frederic Lee 6. Paul Sweezy and the Monopoly Capital School by John Bellamy Foster 7. Amartya Sen: Late Twentieth Century's Greatest Political Economist? by Robin Hahnel Index

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Douglas Dowd is a widely respected academic and political activist. He has taught at Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Berkeley, and San Jose State University, among others. His most recent books include Against the Conventional Wisdom: A Primer for Current Economic Controversies and Proposals (Westview, 1997) and Capitalism and Its Economics (Pluto Press, 2000).

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