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a 'capital as power' approach, the research indicates a staggering pattern of concentration in the ownership of US …
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works to sustain US power in global finance. Foreigners, who now own roughly half of the US public debt, have something to …
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In the wake of the current crisis there has been an explosive rise in the level of the US public debt. These massive levels of public indebtedness are expected to keep growing unless there are drastic changes to existing budgetary policies. According to a recent series in the Financial Times,...
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of public debt give these bondholders power over our government? What do we make of the fact that foreign-owned debt has …, Inequality, and Power is the first comprehensive historical analysis of public debt ownership in the United States. It reveals … decades. Based on extensive and original research, Public Debt, Inequality, and Power will shock and enlighten. “These days …
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The power of investment banks has played a pivotal role in the monopoly capital school’s analyses of US capitalist … development. However this paper suggests that monopoly capital’s explanation of the changing nature of this power is severely … accumulation. The paper goes on to offer an alternative theoretical-empirical account of the power of investment banks since the …
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within a ‘capital as power’ theoretical framework, my purpose in this is to shed some much-needed light on the dynamics of … come to reinforce and augment the power of those at the very top of the hierarchy of social power. [This thesis was …
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Commodity trading firms occupy a central position in global supply chains and their activities have been associated with financial instability, social upheaval and manifold forms of ecological devastation. This paper examines these companies in the context of debates regarding corporate...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY *** Concerns about the market power of large corporations are growing. There are good reasons why … corporations? What role do the domestic and foreign tax systems play in encouraging monopoly power? What does an analysis of the …
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