Introduction : political economy in the Americas / Anne Tittor and Daniel Hawkins -- Capitalism / Juan Grigera -- Class … Sanmiguel-Valderrama -- Global commodity chains / Daniel Hawkins and Mark Anner -- Informality / Daniel Hawkins -- Labor … struggle / Ricardo Antunes -- Crisis / Aaron Tauss -- Deindustrialization / Lachlan MacKinnon and Steven High -- Development …