Rent theories examine the determination of land rent and the gains and losses to different classes from its payment. Different analyses of rent suggest different strategies for the working class. This paper discusses rival rent theories developed in the nineteenth century. After outlining the...

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in Kondratiev 's concept of "long waves," an interest which has not been restricted to Marxist analysts. The idea that the entire history of capitalism has been characterized by 50 or 60year cycles of expansion and contraction appears to have a...