Back in Print! The Longer View: Essays Toward a Critique of Political Economy by Paul Baran
February 20, 2024
These essays by the author of The Political Economy of Growth and co-author of Monopoly Capital cover the working range of a strong and original mind. They are as diverse as his well-known discussion of Marxism and psychoanalysis, and his expert handling of the politics and economics of development. The themes of Baran's major works were expressed in these shorter essays with a vigor and personal style that preserves much of the flavor of Baran's day-to-day reflections. They display, as John O'Neill says in his introduction, "a breadth of sociological and economic analysis which represents a unique conquest of mind in its ability to situate itself in an environment where disorientation and abdication threaten many social thinkers." Edited with an introduction by John O'Neill and with a preface by Paul M. Sweezy.
