New Left Review I/229: The Economics of Global Turbulence, May/Jun 1998
by Robin Blackburn (Editor)
New Left Review (I/229)
On This Page
Description
New edition of Brenner's now classic survey of the world economy from 1950 to the present For years, the discipline of economics has been moving steadily away from the real world towards formalized axioms and mathematical models with only a precarious bearing on actuality. Commentators seek to fill the gap as best they can, but in the absence of real background scholarship, journalism is vulnerable to the myopias of fashion and immediacy. The deeper enigmas of post-war development remain in show more either case largely untouched. Bringing together the strengths of both the economist and the historian, Robert Brenner rises to this challenge. In this work, a revised and newly introduced edition of his acclaimed New Left Review special report, he charts the turbulent post-war history of the global system and unearths the mechanisms of over production and over-competition which lie behind its long-term crisis since the early 1970s, thereby demonstrating the thoroughly systematic factors behind wage repression, high unemployment and unequal development, and raising disturbing and far-reaching questions about its future trajectory. In this new edition, Brenner brings the story up to date, taking into account the great financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Detailed overview of the evolution of capitalism between 1945 and 2005. Well researched and written.
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
Robin Blackburn teaches at the Graduate Faculty of the New School University, New York, and in the Sociology Department of the University of Essex. He is the author of, among other titles, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery, 1776-1848.
All Editions
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- New Left Review I/229: The Economics of Global Turbulence, May/Jun 1998
Classifications
- Genres
- Economics, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History, Business
- DDC/MDS
- 330.9045 — Society, government, & culture Economics Jobs & Careers Economic geography and history Standard subdivisions and By Period 20th Century 1950-1959
- LCC
- HC59 .B754 — Social sciences Economic history and conditions Economic history and conditions
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 88
- Popularity
- 364,588
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
