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Capitalism hits the fan : the global economic meltdown and what to do about it
- Title
- Capitalism hits the fan : the global economic meltdown and what to do about it / Richard D. Wolff.
- Author
- Wolff, Richard D.
- Publication
- Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 262 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Capitalism Hits the Fan differs sharply from most other explanations offered by politicians, media commentators, and academics. Step by step, Professor Wolff shows that deep economic structures - the relationship of wages to profits, of workers to boards of directors, and of debts to income - account for the crisis. Government bailout interventions have thrown too little money too late at a problem that requires more than money to solve. As this book shows, we must now ask basic questions about capitalism as a system that has now convulsed the world economy into two great depressions in 75 years (and countless lesser crises, recessions, and cycles in between). The book's essays engage the long-overdue public discussion about basic structural changes and systemic alternatives needed not only to fix today's broken economy but to prevent future crises."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part I: Roots of a system's crisis -- Part II: Economics of the crisis. Capitalism as a crisis-prone system -- The role of economic theory -- Markets and efficiency -- Wages, productivity, and exploitation -- Housing and debt -- Government intervention in the economy -- International dimensions of the crisis -- Part III: Politics of the crisis. Reforms and regulations as crisis solutions -- Debates over "socialist" solutions -- Anti-capitalist politics.
- Call Number
- JBD 14-43
- ISBN
- 9781566567848
- 156656784X
- LCCN
- 2009025488
- 99936085433
- OCLC
- 320804337
- Author
- Wolff, Richard D.
- Title
- Capitalism hits the fan : the global economic meltdown and what to do about it / Richard D. Wolff.
- Imprint
- Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Other Standard Identifier
- 99936085433
- Research Call Number
- JBD 14-43