Why Capitalism Survives Crises: The Shock Absorbers (Research in Political Economy): 25

by Dimitris Paitaridis (Author), Guglielmo Carchedi (Author), Guglielmo Carchedi (Author), Simon Stander (Author), Sh ichi Kakuta (Author), Paul Zarembka (Editor)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $217.14

  Focuses attention on why capitalism survives crises by developing the argument that it has moved on from its 19th century embodiment to include a class of shock absorbers. This book tells how this class, consisting of fractionalised individuals, absorbs the massive surpluses of produced commodities.