Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction to Handbook on Social Structure of Accumulation Theory -- PART I THEORY AND EMPIRICS -- Theory -- 2. Social structure of accumulation theory -- Econometrics -- 3. Econometric analysis of long swings: the relevance of...

"This volume analyses contemporary capitalism and its crises based on a theory of capitalist evolution known as the social structure of accumulation (SSA) theory. It applies this theory to explain the severe financial and economic crisis that broke out in 2008 and the kind of changes required to...

In this two-volume set, the editors present seminal articles by leading SSA scholars describing the development of SSA Theory and its wider application. The first volume offers an introduction to SSA theory and covers the historical context, the founding documents of the approach, subsequent...