Cheap wars

The new conflicts of the twenty-first century – the 'infinite wars,' the 'clashes of civilization,' the 'new crusades' – are fundamentally different from the mass wars and statist military conflicts that characterized capitalism from the nineteenth century until the end of the Cold War. The novelty lies not so much in the military nature of the conflicts, as in the broader role that war now plays in capitalism.

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Year of publication:	2006-09
Authors:	Nitzan, Jonathan ; Bichler, Shimshon
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Keywords:	accumulation capital capitalism crisis differential accumulation distribution elite energy conflict globalization inflation Iraq Israel Keynesianism Lebanon Middle East military spending neo-liberalism oil ownership power prices profit ruling class TNC United States violence war warfare welfare Weapondollar-Petrodollar

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	H56 - National Security and War ; F23 - Multinational Firms; International Business ; N15 - Asia including Middle East ; F59 - International Relations and International Political Economy: Other ; P16 - Political Economy ; E31 - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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