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The Elgar Companion to Marxist Economics MM22883344 –– FFIINNEE TTEEXXTT..iinndddd ii 1199//1122//22001111 0088::3388 MM22883344 –– FFIINNEE TTEEXXTT..iinndddd iiii 1199//1122//22001111 0088::3388 The Elgar Companion to Marxist Economics Edited by Ben Fine Professor of Economics, SOAS, University of London, UK Alfredo Saad Filho Professor of Political Economy, SOAS, University of London, UK with editorial assistance from Marco Boff o PhD Candidate, SOAS, University of London, UK Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA MM22883344 –– FFIINNEE TTEEXXTT..iinndddd iiiiii 1199//1122//22001111 0088::3388 © Ben Fine and Alfredo Saad Filho 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited The Lypiatts 15 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Glos GL50 2JA UK Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. William Pratt House 9 Dewey Court Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2011932881 ISBN 978 1 84844 537 6 (cased) Typeset by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire Printed and bound by MPG Books Group, UK MM22883344 –– FFIINNEE TTEEXXTT..iinndddd iivv 1199//1122//22001111 0088::3388 Contents List of contributors ix Acknowledgements xiii Introduction 1 Ben Fine and Alfredo Saad Filho 1 Accumulation of capital 5 Paul Zarembka 2 The agrarian question and the peasantry 10 Terence J. Byres 3 Analytical Marxism 16 Marco Boff o 4 Anthropology 22 Keith Hart 5 Capital 28 Jayati Ghosh 6 Capitalism 34 Ellen Meiksins Wood 7 Centrally planned economy 40 Dic Lo and Yu Zhang 8 Class and class struggle 47 Utsa Patnaik 9 Classical political economy 53 Hugh Goodacre 10 Combined and uneven development 60 Sam Ashman 11 Commodifi cation and commodity fetishism 66 Robert Albritton 12 Competition 72 Paresh Chattopadhyay 13 Consumerism 78 Paula Cerni 14 Contemporary capitalism 84 Greg Albo 15 Crisis theory 90 Simon Clarke 16 Dependency theory 96 John Weeks v MM22883344 –– FFIINNEE TTEEXXTT..iinndddd vv 1199//1122//22001111 0088::3388 vi The Elgar companion to Marxist economics 17 Ecology and the environment 102 Barbara Harriss- White 18 Economic reproduction and the circuits of capital 111 Ben Fine 19 Exploitation and surplus value 118 Ben Fine 20 Feminist economics 125 Radhika Balakrishnan and Savitri Bisnath 21 Feudalism 131 George C. Comninel 22 Finance, fi nance capital and fi nancialization 138 Thomas Marois 23 Friedrich Engels 144 Paresh Chattopadhyay 24 Geography 149 Erik Swyngedouw 25 Global commodity chains and global value chains 155 Susan Newman 26 Globalization and imperialism 162 Ray Kiely 27 International political economy 168 Alejandro Colás 28 Karl Marx 174 Lucia Pradella 29 Knowledge economy 180 Heesang Jeon 30 Labour, labour power and the division of labour 187 Bruno Tinel 31 Labour theory of value 194 Ben Fine 32 Market socialism 200 Makoto Itoh 33 Marx and underdevelopment 206 Mauro Di Meglio and Pietro Masina 34 Marxism and history 212 George C. Comninel 35 Method of political economy 220 Branwen Gruff ydd-Jones 36 Mode of production 227 Jairus Banaji 37 Money 233 Paulo L. dos Santos 38 Neoliberalism 240 Gérard Duménil and Dominique Lévy MM22883344 –– FFIINNEE TTEEXXTT..iinndddd vvii 1199//1122//22001111 0088::3388 Contents vii 39 Neoclassical economics 246 Dimitris Milonakis 40 Neo- Ricardianism 252 Sungur Savran 41 New technology and the ‘new economy’ 259 Tony Smith 42 Political science 265 Alison J. Ayers 43 Population and migration 272 Deborah Johnston 44 Productive and unproductive labour 277 Simon Mohun 45 Race 283 Alfred Zack- Williams 46 Radical political economy in the USA 289 Al Campbell 47 The rate of profi t 295 Simon Mohun 48 The regulation approach 304 Stavros D. Mavroudeas 49 Rent and landed property 310 Erik Swyngedouw 50 The Social Structures of Accumulation approach 316 Stavros D. Mavroudeas 51 Socialism, communism and revolution 321 Al Campbell 52 Sociology 327 Alberto Toscano 53 The state 333 Bob Jessop 54 ‘Transformation problem’ 341 Alfredo Saad Filho 55 The transition from feudalism to capitalism 348 David Laibman 56 Transnational corporations 354 Hugo Radice 57 Unemployment 360 Gary Slater 58 Value- form approach 367 Samuel Knafo 59 Vladimir I. Lenin 373 Prabhat Patnaik 60 The welfare state 379 Daniel Ankarloo MM22883344 –– FFIINNEE TTEEXXTT..iinndddd vviiii 1199//1122//22001111 0088::3388 viii The Elgar companion to Marxist economics 61 World economy 384 Gong Hoe-Gimm References 389 Index 409 MM22883344 –– FFIINNEE TTEEXXTT..iinndddd vviiiiii 1199//1122//22001111 0088::3388 Contributors Greg Albo is Associate Professor of Political Science, York University, Canada. Robert Albritton is Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, York University, Canada. Daniel Ankarloo is Senior Lecturer of Social Work and Social Policy, Department of Health and Society, Malmö University, Sweden. Sam Ashman is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg, and Visiting Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Alison J. Ayers is Assistant Professor, Departments of Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, Canada. Radhika Balakrishnan is Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States of America. Jairus Banaji is Professorial Research Associate, Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom. Savitri Bisnath is Senior Policy Advisor for the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers University, United States of America. Marco Boff o is a PhD Candidate in Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom. Terence J. Byres is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom. Al Campbell is Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Utah, United States of America. Paula Cerni MPhil, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, is an independent writer and a foreign languages teacher in the United States. Paresh Chattopadhyay is Professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Québec, Montreal, Canada. Simon Clarke is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, United Kingdom. Alejandro Colás is Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London, United Kingdom. George C. Comninel is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at York University, Canada. ix MM22883344 –– FFIINNEE TTEEXXTT..iinndddd iixx 1199//1122//22001111 0088::3388

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This Companion takes stock of the trajectory, achievements, shortcomings and prospects of Marxist political economy. It reflects the contributors’ shared commitment to bringing the methods, theories and concepts of Marx himself to bear across a wide range of topics and perspectives, and it provide
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