This paper analyzes the contradictions in the process of accumula tion in the context of backwardness, looking in detail at the Peruvian economy over an eight year period. A general theoretical framework is developed in which the barrier to accumulation is derived from the sphere of production,...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I DEBT CRISIS IN THE THIRD WORLD -- Chapter 1 The Outlook for Development -- Chapter 2 External Shocks, Adjustment, and Income Distribution -- Chapter 3 Losers Pay Reparations, Or...

The overall objective of our research project is to understand the spatial inequality in health in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. We also utilize GIS technology to measure the association of adverse health and mortality outcomes with neighborhood ecology. We approached this in variety of...

The numerically large and growing Indochinese refugee population has been little studied with respect to infant health. It is a population that is young, is experiencing high fertility, late onset of prenatal care, and is characterized by low socioeconomic status. Thus, it presents a high risk...

pt. 1. Methodology of the neoclassical macro model -- pt. 2. Paradigm lost : the basic neoclassical model -- pt. 3. A critique of self-adjusting full employment -- pt. 4. So-called open economy analysis -- pt. 5. Paradigm regained : reclaiming policy.

1. Value as embodied labor -- 2. Value as a social relation -- 3. Exploitation and surplus value -- 4. Circuit of capital -- 5. Commodity money -- 6. Capital and money -- 7. Credit, crises and capital -- 8. Competition among capitals -- 9. Fixed capital and circulation -- 10. Accumulation and...