Spectres of Capitalism
A Critique of Current Intellectual Fashions
by Samir Amin
157 pages· 1998· ISBN 9780853459330
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Amin, one of the most influential economists today, examines the changing notion of crisis in capitalism; misconceptions of the free market model; the various distortions of Marx's method; the role of culture in revolutions; the decline of the "law of value" in economics; the philosophical roots of postmodernism; how telecommunications affect ideology; and the myth of "pure economics."
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