This paper presents a schematic history of the global economy since 1800. The economic and political logic of global capitalism in this period is defined by its ability to derive a growing share of its energy from fossil fuels. The explosive growth of this period, the dominance of capital, the...

Versuch einer Quantifizierung der wirtschaftlichen Folgen des zweiten Golfkriegs. Angesprochen werden: veränderte Gastarbeiter- und damit Finanzströme, hohe unmittelbare und indirekte Kriegsfolgelasten und deren externe Mitfinanzierung, veränderte regionale Leistungstransfers,...

Die Bedingungen, welche die Dominanz der Friede oder des Kriegs über das individuelle und gemeinschaftliche Leben bestimmen, sind nicht nur die Politischen, Ideologischen, Wirtschaftlichen und Militärischen. Das ist nicht nur die Frage des Militärischen, Ökonomischen und Politischen, auch...

This article examines three types of initiatives that have been deployed in the effort to transform the political economies of civil conflict: voluntary ethical trading initiatives. formal regulation to promote ethical trading or good resource governance, and economic supervision schemes. The...

During the years 1945 to 1948 Yugoslavia had an enormous impact and influence on Albania’s economy and economical development. This influence went so far as we can say that Albania and Yugoslavia in those years were economically united. They had a common currency, common custom unions, common...

This article comprises our introduction to the book The Politics of Empire: Globalization in Crisis (Freeman and Kagarlitsky 2004) which we wrote jointly to introduce the articles in that volume, was the outcome of a seminar called in 2002 by the Transnational Institute to assess responses to...