About the contributors -- The long trends of profit (March 2008) / Fred Moseley -- A new sort of financial crisis (April 2008) / Costas Lapavitsas -- The crisis depends on the fightback (April 2008) / Leo Panitch -- An era of rampant inequality (May 2008) / Simon Mohun -- The imbalances are...

This textbook offers a comprehensive guide to the systematic structure of capitalism, while at the same time introducing readers to all three volumes of Marx's Capital. Based on his extensive expertise on Marx's critique of political economy, the author reveals the specific structure of...

"Companies are increasingly championed for their capacity to solve social problems. Yet what happens when such goods as water, education, and health are sold by companies - rather than donated by nonprofits - to the disadvantaged and when the pursuit of mission becomes entangled with the pursuit...