In and Out of Crisis: The Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives - Couverture souple

Albo, Greg; Gindin, Sam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9350020548 ISBN 13 : 9789350020548

Editeur : Aakar Books, 2011

Synopsis

Investment banks have disappeared overnight, industrial firms have gone bankrupt, and the financial order has been shaken to the core: our world is in the grips of the most calamitous economic crisis since the Great Depression with its epicentre is the imperial USA. Many around may wonder if another world is possible, but few are mapping out potential avenues - and flagging wrong turns - en route to a post-capitalist future. In this groundbreaking analysis, renowned radical political economists Albo, Gindin and Panitch lay bare the roots of the crisis, which they locate in the dynamic expansion of capital on a global scale over the last quarter century - and in the inner logic of capitalism itself. In and Out of Crisis challenges the call by much of the Left for a return to a mythical Golden Age of economic regulation as a check on finance capital and shows how neo-liberal free markets have been sustained by massive state intervention. With clarity and erudition, they argue that given the balance of social forces regulation is not a means of fundamentally reordering power in society, but rather a way of preserving markets. Contrary to those who believe US hegemony is on the wane, Albo, Gindin and Panitch contend that the meltdown has, in fact, reinforced the centrality of the American state as the dominant force within global capitalism, while simultaneously increasing the difficulties entailed in managing its imperial role. In conclusion, the authors argue that it's time to start thinking about genuinely transformative alternatives to capitalism - and how to build the collective capacity to get us there. We should be thinking bigger and preparing to go further.

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À propos de l'auteur

Greg Albo and Leo Panitch are coeditors of the "Socialist Register" and professors of political economy at York University in Toronto. Sam Gindin is the former research director of the Canadian Autoworkers Unions and a professor of political economy at York University. They live in Toronto.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aakar Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9350020548
• ISBN 13: 9789350020548
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 140
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible