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Towards a Better Theory of the Capitalist State: Combining Block’s and Poulantzas’ Approaches

In this paper I argue that much of Nicos Poulantzas’ theory of the capitalist state as set out in his final work, State, Power, Socialism (SPS), may be fruitfully combined with the ideas of Fred Block as put forward in

Towards a Better Theory of the Capitalist State: Combining Block’s and Poulantzas’ Approaches

Capitalism with Derivatives. A Political Economy of Financial Derivatives, Capital and Class

Capitalism with Derivatives. A Political Economy of Financial Derivatives, Capital and Class, by D. Bryan and M. Rafferty, New York: Palgrave-MacMillan 2006. $ 85; pp. viii, 236 The book is a vitally interesting and innovative approach to finance, focusing on

Capitalism with Derivatives. A Political Economy of Financial Derivatives, Capital and Class

Recentering the Lumpen Question Today

UNDERSTANDING LUMPENIZATION AND BONAPARTISM originally published in Spectre To name a class “lumpenproletariat” is to reveal something that would otherwise prefer to stay hidden. The lumpenproletariat is not merely defined by its non-relation to production, which is the most common definition

Recentering the Lumpen Question Today

Marx After Growth #3 The History of Accumulation

The History of Accumulation In the previous lecture on what’s been called the ‘esoteric’ Marx, I explored a subterranean current of Marxian thought distinct from the ‘exoteric’ Marx of the workers’ movement. This ‘esoteric’ Marxism, sometimes called value-form theory, finds

Marx After Growth #3 The History of Accumulation

Lukács ’ Idea of Communism and its Blind Spot: Money

The three main concepts of Lukács’ famous book History and Class Consciousness   are already contained in the title: History, Class and Consciousness. 1  These three concepts are especially developed in the longest and most important essay of the book, “Reification

Lukács ’ Idea of Communism and its Blind Spot: Money

The Working Class and the Middle Classes in the Greek Economic Crisis: Allies in a Common Anti-Neoliberal Strategy?

George Economakis and John Milios ABSTRACT On the basis of a Marxist analysis of capitalist relations of classpower and the class configuration in contemporary advanced capitalist societies, the paper investigates the consequences of the recent economic crisis and of the

The Working Class and the Middle Classes in the Greek Economic Crisis: Allies in a Common Anti-Neoliberal Strategy?

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