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Melanie panitch and schuster gindin often used to say we. Panitch and gindin seminar at jacobin crooked timber. David harvey, duncan foley and maliha safri update. Theres plenty to argue with of course, but its a really strong book imo and likely has many strengths that im unable to appreciate.
The making of global capitalism by leo panitch, sam. This is the final installment of an indepth threepart interview of the authors by aaron leonard in new york city. As its title suggests, the 456page book is a comprehensive study of the growth of a global capitalist system over more than a century. Jul 31, 20 four weeks ago, jacobin kicked off their inaugural book club with a reading of leo panitch and sam gindins the making of global capitalism, a book that brings the recent wave of thinking about american empire to new levels of detail and depth.
Panitch and gindin survey global capitalism from its head office so to speak, in order to follow a train of decisions and actions which they contend demonstrate precisely how global capitalism isand indeed can only bethe logical result of the organization and operation of a new form of american empire. The role of states in maintaining property rights, overseeing contracts, stabilizing. More generally, panitch and gindin really know the international political economy literature backwards the radical and the standard accounts both. Leo panitch is canada research chair in comparative political economy and distinguished research. It has become quite commonplace to praise marx in particular for. In 2012, sam gindin, with his friend and colleague leo panitch, published the making of global capitalism.
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