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Author Sotiropoulos, Dimitris P., 1975-

Title A political economy of contemporary capitalism and its crisis : demystifying finance / Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos, John Milios, and Spyros Lapatsioras
Published New York ; Abingdon, Oxon, U.K. : Routledge, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Series Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 172
Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 172.
Contents The parasitic absentee owner in the Keynes-Veblen-Proudhon tradition -- Ricardian Marxism and finance as unproductive activity -- Is finance productive or "parasitic?" -- Derivatives as money? -- Finance, disipline, and social behavior : Tracing the terms of a problem that was never properly stated -- Episodes in finance -- Fictitious capital and finance : an introduction to Marx's analysis (in the third volume of Capital) -- Financialization as a technology of power : incorporating risk into the Marxian framework -- Towards a political economy of monetary unions : revisiting the crisis of the Euro area -- European governance and its contradictions
Summary "The recent financial meltdown and the resulting global recession have rekindled debates regarding the nature of contemporary capitalism. This book analyses the ongoing financialization of the economy as a development within capitalism, and explores the ways in which it has changed the organization of capitalist power. The authors offer an interpretation of the role of the financial sphere which displays a striking contrast to the majority of contemporary heterodox approaches. Their interpretation stresses the crucial role of financial derivatives in the contemporary organization of capitalist power relations, arguing that the process of financialization is in fact entirely unthinkable in the absence of derivatives. The book also uses Marx's concepts and some of the arguments developed in the framework of the historic Marxist controversies on economic crises in order to gain an insight into the modern neoliberal form of capitalism and the recent financial crisis. Employing a series of international case studies, this book will be essential reading for all those with an interest in the financial crisis, and all those seeking to comprehend the workings of capitalism."--Publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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Subject Capitalism.
Capitalism -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
Financial crises
Finance.
finance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Free Enterprise.
Capitalism
Finance
Financial crises
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Mēlios, Giannēs
Lapatsioras, Spyros.
ISBN 9781135037918
1135037914
9781135037925
1135037922
9780203771297
020377129X