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 January 2006
Railroading Economics:
The Creation of the Free
Market Mythology by Michael Perelman
Most economic theory
assumes a pure capitalism of perfect competition. This book is a penetrating
critique of the rhetoric and practice of conventional economic theory. It
explores how even in the United States-the most capitalist of countries-the
market has always been subject to numerous constraints.
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 Naming the
System: Inequality and Work in the Global Economy
by Michael D. Yates
“A lucid,
penetrating examination of the consequences of globalization … Highly
recommended.”—Choice, American Library Assoc.
“Mike Yates
successfully takes on an absolutely essential but daunting task: explaining in
a clear, straightforward, understandable but profound way, the logic of present
day capitalism. — Herman Rosenfeld, Nat'l Rep.,
Education Dept., CAW
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 A History of Capitalism:
1500 – 2000, New
Edition by Michel Beaud
“This clear
accessible book does just what its title promises… Writing in a pleasant
and nonconfrontational style, Beaud does so using a chronological order without
reverting to jargon, and he describes the intellectual as well as the material
history of capitalist development … The book covers the most important
elements of the subject and does a good job of pointing readers to additional
sources… This reviewer knows of no comparable current work.” —
M. PERELMAN, Choice, American Library Association
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 Imperialism Without
Colonies by Harry
Magdoff with an Introduction by John Bellamy Foster
“Harry Magdoff is a great teacher and an indomitable combatant. His
contributions to socialist theory … are of a truly lasting
importance.”—István Mészáros
Magdoff’s essays
explain how imperialism works, why it generates ever greater inequality,
repression, and militarism, and the essential role it plays in the development
of U.S. capitalism.
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 The Amoral
Elephant: Globalization and the Struggle for Social
Justice
in the Twenty-First Century by William K. Tabb
“An insightful, bold
and lucid account of American domination, but written in an accessible style,
which makes is appealing as a general text on the nature of global
capitalism.” —Millennium, Journal of International
Studies
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 Monopoly
Capital: An essay
on the American Economic and Social Order by Paul Baran and Paul M.
Sweezy
“A brilliant
description of the economic forces at work in the main centers of econmic
power—the giant corporations.” — The Nation
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