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Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...

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Theory and praxis, theory and practice, practical theory

Debailleul, Corentin; Bikler, Šimšōn; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2016

This working paper contains an intervention by Corentin Debailleul and an extended reply by Shimshon Bichler and Jonathan Nitzan. The exchange was first posted on the Capital as Power Forum in January 2016. Debailleul's original questions are articulated at greater length here, while Bichler and...

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Theory and praxis, theory and practice, practical theory

DeBailleul, Corentin; Bikler, Šimšōn; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Review of capital as power 1 (2018) 3, pp. 40-57

In their paper ‘The CasP Project: Past, Present and Future’, Shimshon Bichler and Jonathan Nitzan invite readers to engage critically with their theoretical framework, known as capital as power (CasP). This call for further research, reactions and critiques is the perfect occasion to raise a...

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Capitalism's deniers

Bikler, Šimšōn; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2019

A new, capitalism-denying book is on the shelves, and it makes a stunning discovery: "Capitalism without competition is … not capitalism"! Capitalist crisis, like climate change, tends to breed "capitalism deniers". The problem, argue the … deniers, lies not in capitalism but in its "distortions". In its pure form, they maintain, capitalism is the best of all …

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Dominant Capital and the New Wars

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Journal of World-Systems Research 10 (2004) 2, pp. 254-327

The recent shift from ‘global villageism’ to the ‘new wars’ revealed a deep crisis in heterodox political economy. The popular belief in neoliberal globalization, peace dividends, fiscal conservatism and sound finance that dominated the 1980s and 1990s suddenly collapsed. The early 2000s...

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Inflation and Accumulation. The Case of Israel

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: Science & Society 64 (2000) 3, pp. 274-309

The paper offers a new theoretical framework for linking inflation and accumulation, with the Israeli experience as a case study. The focal point is the process of differential accumulation by the largest core firms. The theory of differential accumulation suggests that the relative power of...

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Regimes of Differential Accumulation: Mergers, Stagflation and the Logic of Globalization

Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Review of International Political Economy 8 (2001) 2, pp. 226-274

-field investment, contributing to the stagnation tendency of modern capitalism. (3) The wave-like pattern of mergers and acquisitions …

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Going Global: Differential Accumulation and the Great U-turn in South Africa and Israel

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: Review of Radical Political Economics 33 (2001) 1, pp. 21-55

This paper offers a new theoretical approach for comparing the current political-economic U-turns in South Africa and Israel. Our principal focus is on a revised notion of capital, emphasizing the central role of differential accumulation by dominant capital groups. We further distinguish...

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From War Profits to Peace Dividends: The New Political Economy of Israel

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: Capital & Class (1996) 60, pp. 61-94

Since the late 1980s, Israel has been undergoing a profound transformation, characterized by reconciliation with its Arab neighbours and attempts to reintegrate into the regional economy, a transition from a militarized economy to open markets, and a decline of the collectivist ethos in favour...

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Differential Accumulation: Toward a New Political Economy of Capital

Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Review of International Political Economy 5 (1998) 2, pp. 169-217

Existing theories of capital, neo-classical as well as Marxist, are anchored in the material sphere of production and consumption. This article offers a new analytical framework for capital as a crystallization of power. The relative nature of power requires accumulation to be measured in...

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