The Unity of the Capitalist Economy and State

A Systematic-Dialectical Exposition of the Capitalist System
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-39279-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 186, 728 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g

Reihe: Historical Materialism Book Series

In The unity of the capitalist economy and state, Geert Reuten offers a systematic exposition of the capitalist system, showing that the capitalist economy and the capitalist state constitute a unity. In its critique of contemporary economics, the book argues that in order to comprehend the capitalist system, one requires a full synthetic exposition of the economic and state institutions and processes necessary for its continued existence. A synthetic approach also reveals a range of components that are often obscured by partial analyses. In its systematic character, Reuten’s work takes inspiration from Marx’s provisional outline of the capitalist system in Capital, while also addressing fields that Marx left unfinished – such as the capitalist state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reuten, Geert

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Systematic-dialectical exposition by chapter
Preface

General introduction

Part 1 The capitalist economy

1 The capitalist mode of production – the capitalist economy in general

2 Accumulation of capital

3 Finance of enterprises – the macroeconomic pre-validation and validation of production

4 Market interaction and stratified production

5 The cyclical over-accumulation and destruction of capital – business cycles

Part 2 The capitalist state

Introduction to part two: the capitalist state

6 The granting of capitalist economic rights – the capitalist state in general

7 Furthering the conditions for the accumulation of capital

8 State expenditure and its finance – effects on macroeconomic surplus-value and on the distribution of income and wealth

9 The imposition of competition

10 The reach of the capitalist state

Part 3 The international capitalist system

11 The international capitalist system

Part 4 Summary and additions

12 General summary and conclusions

13 Synopsis of the main systematic moments of the capitalist system

14 An outline of systematic dialectics – General appendix

Bibliography

List of symbols, abbreviations, signs and equations

Glossary of field-specific terms

Index of names

Index of subjects

Index of main empirical graphs and tables

Über Autor(innen)

Geert Reuten, Ph.D. (1988), teaches political economy at the University of Amsterdam’s School of Economics. He has authored two books (including Value-form and the state, with Michael Williams, Routledge 1989), edited six books and published seventy articles in academic journals and books.