Remaking scarcity : from capitalist inefficiency to economic democracy /

"The dominant schools of neoclassical and neoliberal economics tell us that material scarcity is an inevitable product of an insatiable human nature. Against this, Costas Panayotakis argues that scarcity is in fact a result of the social and economic processes of the capitalist system. The over...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Panayotakis, Costas
Otros Autores: Kovel, Joel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Winnipeg : New York : Pluto ; Fernwood ; Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Colección:Future of world capitalism.
Temas:
Sustainable development > Citizen participation.
Scarcity.
Capitalism > Social aspects.
Economic policy > Citizen participation.
Supply and demand.
Resource allocation.
Développement durable > Participation des citoyens.
Rareté (Économie politique)
Politique économique > Participation des citoyens.
Offre et demande.
Affectation des ressources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Capitalism > Social aspects
Economic policy > Citizen participation
Resource allocation
Scarcity
Supply and demand
Sustainable development > Citizen participation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Joel Kovel
  • Preface
  • Capitalism, scarcity and economic democracy
  • The neoclassical approach to scarcity
  • Scarcity and capital accumulation
  • Scarcity, capitalist exploitation, and consumption
  • Economic democracy and the multiplicity of social inequalities and struggles
  • Capitalism, scarcity and global inequalities
  • Scarcity and the deepening ecological crisis
  • Imagining economic democracy: two models
  • The way forward: economic democratization as a strategy of reforms and fundamental social change
  • Conclusion
  • Humorous appendix: austerity nut and his message.

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