Capitalism's Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown 2010-2014
By (Author) Richard Wolff
Haymarket Books
Haymarket Books
24th May 2016
United States
General
Non Fiction
Economic systems and structures
Political ideologies and movements
338.542
Paperback
334
Width 140mm, Height 213mm
442g
While most mainstream commentators view the crisis that provoked the Great Recession as having passed, these essays from Richard Wolff paint a far less rosy picture. Drawing attention to the extreme downturn in most of capitalism's old centres, the unequal growth in its new centres and the resurgence of a global speculative bubble, Wolff - in his uniquely accessible style - makes the case that the crisis should be grasped not as a passing moment, but as an evolving stage in capitalism's history.
The New York Times magazine has described Richard Wolff as probably Americas most prominent Marxist economist. And that is probably not an exaggeration in the description of this emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and visiting professor at the New School University in New York.Michael Roberts, author of The Long Depression
Richard D. Wolff: Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York. Wolffs recent work has concentrated on analyzing the causes and alternative solutions to the global economic crisis. His groundbreaking book Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism inspired the creation of Democracy at Work, a nonprofit organization dedicated to showing how and why to make democratic workplaces real.