Wealth and Poverty in Contemporary Brazilian Capitalism

Author:   Gustavo Moura de Cavalcanti Mello ,  Henrique Pereira Braga
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
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9783030822972


Pages:   225
Publication Date:   22 October 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Wealth and Poverty in Contemporary Brazilian Capitalism


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This book analyses contemporary capitalism from Brazil and from the Marxian critique of political economy, particularly; the co-dependency of wealth and poverty and of civilization and barbarism; the current tendency towards capital over-accumulation and the specific form assumed by the capitalist crisis in recent decades; the financialisation process of capital accumulation, its effects on the world of labour; and the place that the state assumes in this broad process. Current trends toward increasing social inequality, impoverishment of large sections of the population, precariousness of labour and rising unemployment, environmental destruction, the spread of austerity policies and the suppression of social policies, the rise of the far right (together with the strengthening of racism, misogyny, xenophobia, political and religious fanaticism and all manner of intolerance, etc.), low economic growth, the primacy of the financial dimension of capital accumulation, all need to be understood in their multiple and complex articulations, as fundamental and inherent elements of contemporary capitalism, associating empirical analysis with conceptual construction. Because they are strictly contradictory processes, a dialectical approach is required that reclaims the Marxian legacy, and aims to contribute to updating it, seeking to bring new and relevant elements to the Marxist debate, based on a specific interpretation of Marx's work, and as an immediate empirical basis the Brazilian reality.

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Author:   Gustavo Moura de Cavalcanti Mello ,  Henrique Pereira Braga
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9783030822972


ISBN 10:   3030822974
Pages:   225
Publication Date:   22 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1. The concept of barbarism in Marx - Gustavo Mello Chapter 2. Rethinking the concept of wealth and poverty from one of capitalism peripheries. Henrique Braga and Maria Caroline Marmerolli Tresoldi Chapter 3. The debate on financialisation: fictitious capital and fictitious profits in contemporary Brazil. Adriano Lopes Teixeira e Mauricio Sabadini Chapter 4. Financialisation and work in general: violence and resistance in ultraliberal Brazil - Lívia Moraes e Ana Paula Colombi Chapter 5. Theorising the nexuses between neoliberal State and the dynamics of capital accumulation in contemporary Brazil: - Gustavo Mello e Paulo Nakatani Chapter 6. The State and the financialisation of capital in Brazil - Gustavo Mello e Paulo Nakatani Chapter 7. Brazil amid a structural crisis of capital - Helder Gomes

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Gustavo Moura de Cavalcanti Mello is Professor in the Department of Economics and the Post-Graduate Program in Social Policy at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil.  Henrique Pereira Braga is Professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil. 

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