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Monopoly Capital an Essay on the American Economic and Social Order.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Monthly Review Press, (c)1966.Description: 1 online resource (416 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781583674017
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HB501 .M666 1966
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Contents:
Subject: This landmark text by Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy is a classic of twentieth-century radical thought, a hugely influential book that continues to shape our understanding of modern capitalism. "This book ... deals with a vital area of economics, has a unique approach, is stimulating and well written. It represents the first serious attempt to extend Marx's model of competitive capitalism to the new conditions of monopoly capitalism."--Howard J. Sherman, American Economic Review.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Giant Corporation; 3 The Tendency of Surplus to Rise; 4 The Absorption of Surplus: Capitalists' Consumption and Investment; 5 The Absorption of Surplus: the Sales Effort; 6 The Absorption of Surplus: Civilian Government; 7 The Absorption of Surplus: Militarism and Imperialism; 8 On the History of Monopoly Capitalism; 9 Monopoly Capitalism and Race Relations; 10 On the Quality of Monopoly Capitalist Society; 11 The Irrational System; Appendix: Estimating the Economic Surplus; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S.

TV; W; Y; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W.

This landmark text by Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy is a classic of twentieth-century radical thought, a hugely influential book that continues to shape our understanding of modern capitalism. "This book ... deals with a vital area of economics, has a unique approach, is stimulating and well written. It represents the first serious attempt to extend Marx's model of competitive capitalism to the new conditions of monopoly capitalism."--Howard J. Sherman, American Economic Review.

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