| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 298 pages) : illustrations |
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Research in political economy, 0161-7230 ; v. 22 |
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Research in political economy ; v. 22.
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| Contents |
Part I: The state in capitalist development. Agrarian capitalism and poor relief in England, c. 1500-1790 : rethinking the origins of the welfare state / Larry Patriquin -- Taxation and primitive accumulation : the case of colonial Africa / Mathew Forstater -- The state-capital relationship and the significance of incorporating the role of labor / Eshrak Zaky -- Political institutions and economic imperatives : bringing agency back in / Martijn Konings -- Part II: Abstract labor, price, and technical choice in capitalism. Quantifying abstract labor : "Aliquot Part" reasoning in Marx's value theory / Bruce Roberts -- Exchange, demand and the market-price of production : reconciling traditional and monetary approaches to value and price / David Kristjanson-Gural -- Testing Okishio's criterion of technical choice / Cheol-Soo Park -- Testing for the Marxian-classical criterion of technical choice / Gérard Duménil and Dominique Lévy -- Part III: Socialism. Reflections on economic democracy / W. Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell -- Part IV: On the production of knowledge. On the production of knowledge / Guglielmo Carchedi |
| Summary |
Focusing on the role of the state in capitalist society, by showing the welfare state as an historical product of the class structure of English agrarian capitalism, this volume addresses price and technical choice in capitalism, and economic democracy within socialism, defending direct democracy and economic calculation in terms of labor time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Capitalism.
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Welfare state.
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Labor policy.
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Economic policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Free Enterprise.
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Capitalism.
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Economic policy.
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Labor policy.
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Welfare state.
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Kapitalisme.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zarembka, Paul.
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| ISBN |
9780080460130 |
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0080460135 |
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9781849503266 |
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1849503265 |
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