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OverviewFrom industrialisation to the present day, Overripe Economy is a genealogy of the emergence of a finance-ridden, authoritarian, austerity-plagued American capitalism. This panoramic political-economic history of the country, surveys the ruthlessly competitive capitalism of the nineteenth century, the maturation of industrial capitalism in the 1920s, the rise and fall of capitalism's Golden Age and the ensuing decline towards the modern era. Alan Nasser shows why the emergence of the persistent austerity of financialised neoliberal capitalism is the natural outcome of mature capitalism's evolution, revealing both the key structural and political vulnerabilities of capitalism itself and points towards the kind of system that can transcend it. At the centre of the argument, is capitalism's ultimatum: either a 'new normal' of persistent austerity, declining democracy and a privatised state, or a polity and economy characterised by an economic democracy that can ensure both higher wages and a shorter working week. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan NasserPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Weight: 0.674kg ISBN: 9780745337944ISBN 10: 0745337945 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 20 June 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. The Nineteenth Century: Framework Stimulants, Destructive Competition and the Making of Oligopoly Capitalism 2. Working-Class Resistance, the State-Supported Capitalist Response, the Mechanization of Industry and the Defeat of Organized Labor 3. The 1920s: The Dynamics of Mature Industrial Capitalism 4. The 1930s and the Great Depression 5. The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age 6. The New Financialization: Debt, Investment and the Financialized Firm 7. The Landscape of Austerity: Polarization, the Destruction of Jobs, and the Emerging Police State 8. Conclusion Appendix A: Economic Maturity and Disaccumulation – A Mildly Wonkish Summation Appendix B: What Keynes Really Prescribed Bibliography IndexReviews'Offering an original analysis of late stage capitalism, this work connects the many individual grievances generated by capitalism into a powerful indictment of a system mired in social dislocation and repression. Nasser provides a resounding case for a sweeping transformation and reorganization of society on a fully democratic socialist footing' -- Barry Finger, Editorial Member of New Politics 'We live in an age of mounting social inequality and declining political democracy. Overripe Economy offers a provocative analysis of these ills, based on a detailed reading of American history. Many will find Alan Nasser's arguments controversial. But we very much need to engage this analysisas well as Nasser's case for a democratic socialist alternative' -- David McNally, author of Monsters of the Market (2012) and Global Slump (2010) 'Offering an original analysis of late stage capitalism, this work connects the many individual grievances generated by capitalism into a powerful indictment of a system mired in social dislocation and repression. Nasser provides a resounding case for a sweeping transformation and reorganization of society on a fully democratic socialist footing' -- Barry Finger, Editorial Member of New Politics Author InformationAlan Nasser was Professor Emeritus of Political Economy and Philosophy at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA and lectured at universities across the world, including Oxford University. His writing dealt with political and economic issues, as well as legal theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis. He was a frequent contributor to CounterPunch and Monthly Review, and was a member of the Union for Radical Political Economists. He is the author of Overripe Economy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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