Understanding Capitalism: Critical Analysis From Karl Marx to Amartya Sen - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745317820 ISBN 13: 9780745317823

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2002

Synopsis

Understanding Capitalism 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 analyses of economists ranging from Karl Marx to Amartya Sen, the book traces the growth of the capitalist system over the past two hundred years and how economic theory has, in fact, become capitalist ideology. Relating socio-economic and analytical histories to present-day economic policy, this is a thoroughly accessible work which makes an ideal introduction to the key thinkers in economic thought past and present.

Major economists and economic schools of thought are discussed in a chapter-by-chapter guide that covers Marx, Veblen, Gramsci, post-Keynesian theory, US institutionalists, Sweezy and the Monopoly Capital school, and recent Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen. Contributors include Michael Lebowitz, Carl Boggs, Michael Keaney, Frederic Lee, John Bellamy Foster and Robin Hahnel, with an introduction by the editor, Douglas Dowd.

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Major economists and economic schools of thought are discussed in a chapter-by-chapter guide that covers Marx, Veblen, post-Keynesian theory, US institutionalists, Sweezy and the Monopoly Capital school, and recent Noble Prize winner Amartya Sen. Contributors include Michael Lebowitz, Carl Boggs, Michael Keaney, Frederic Lee, John Bellamy Foster and Robin Hahnel, with an introduction by the editor Douglas Dowd.

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. He is the author of several books including Capitalism and Its Economics (Pluto Press, 2000).

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0745317820
• ISBN 13: 9780745317823
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Dowd Douglas