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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors expound the traditional Marxist theory of the contradiction between forces and relations of production, over-production of capital and economic crisis, and the process of crisis-induced restructuring of productive forces and production relations into more transparently social, hence potentially socialist, forms.
Abstract: Summary This article expounds the traditional Marxist theory of the contradiction between forces and relations of production, over‐production of capital and economic crisis, and the process of crisis‐induced restructuring of productive forces and production relations into more transparently social, hence potentially socialist, forms. This exposition provides a point of departure for an “ecological Marxist”; theory of the contradiction between capitalist production relations and forces and the conditions of production, under‐production of capital and economic crisis, and the process of crisis‐induced restructuring of production conditions and the social relations thereof also into more transparently social, hence potentially socialist, forms. In short, there may be not one but two paths to socialism in late capitalist society. While the two processes of capital over‐production and underproduction are by no means mutually exclusive, they may offset or compensate for one another in ways which create the appe...
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31 Jan 1992TL;DR: In this paper, the wealth of three nations and economic institutions of the United States were discussed. But the authors focused on the economic institutions and economic performance of the three nations, and did not consider the economic institution of the US.
Abstract: Acknowledgments Introduction: the wealth of three nations Part I. Economic Institutions and Economic Performance: 1. Business organization and competitive advantage 2. Institutional foundations of industrial dominance and decline 3. Organizations and markets in capitalist development Part II. Intellectual Foundations and Intellectual Constraints: 4. The theory and history of capitalist development 5. The making of the market mentality Part III. 'The Marvels of the Market' Versus 'The Visible Hand': 6. The innovative business organization and transaction cost theory 7. Lending the economic institutions of capitalism a visible hand Part IV. Overcoming Intellectual Constraints: 8. Business organization and economic theory 9. Rigor and relevance in economics.
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27 Nov 2009
TL;DR: An analysis of the ways in which capitalism has presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system is given in this paper, with a focus on the way in which it has been criticised.
Abstract: An analysis of the ways in which capitalism has presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system.
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11 Nov 2013
TL;DR: Digital Slavery: Slave Work in ICT-Related Mineral Extraction as discussed by the authors is an example of call centre work in the Indian Software Industry and the Occupy Movement as a New Working Class Movement? Social Media as Working Class Social Media?
Abstract: 1. Introduction 2. An Introduction to Karl Marx's Theory 3. Contemporary Cultural Studies and Karl Marx 4. Dallas Smythe and Audience Labour Today 5. Capitalism or Information Society 6. Digital Slavery: Slave Work in ICT-Related Mineral Extraction 7. Exploitation at Foxconn: Primitive Accumulation and the Formal Subsumption of Labour 8. The Division of Labour of the New Imperialism: Work in the Indian Software Industry 9. The Silicon Valley of Dreams and Nightmares of Exploitation: The Google Labour Aristocracy and its Context 10. Tayloristic, Housewifised Service Labour: The Example of Call Centre Work 11. Theorising Digital Labour on Social Media 12. Digital Labour and Struggles for Digital Work--The Occupy Movement as a New Working Class Movement? Social Media as Working Class Social Media? Glossary
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19 Dec 1997
TL;DR: O'Connor as discussed by the authors argues that environmental and social crises pose a growing threat to capitalism itself and demonstrates the power of ecological Marxist analysis for understanding our diverse environment and social history, for grounding economic behaviour in the real world, and for formulating and evaluating new political strategies.
Abstract: Economic growth since the Industrial Revolution has been achieved at great cost both to the natural environment and to the autonomy of communities. What can a Marxist perspective contribute to understanding this disturbing legacy, and mitigating its impact on future generations? Social theorist James O'Connor demonstrates how the policies and imperatives of business and government influence - and are influenced by - environment and social change. Probing the relationship between economy, nature and society, O'Connor argues that environmental and social crises pose a growing threat to capitalism itself. These essays demonstrate the power of ecological Marxist analysis for understanding our diverse environment and social history, for grounding economic behaviour in the real world, and for formulating and evaluating new political strategies.
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