, including ‘It’s All About Oil’ (2003), ‘Clash of Civilization or Capital Accumulation?’ (2004), ‘Beyond Neoliberalism’ (2004 … ‘Weapondollar-Petrodollar Coalition’ – but dismiss our ‘precise calibration of the oil/war nexus’ as ‘perfunctory.’ This dismissal … others, the ‘era of free flow,’ the ‘era of limited flow,’ ‘energy conflicts,’ the ‘commercialization of arms exports,’ the …

neoliberal globalization; and (3) to link this transition in the nature of accumulation to the new wars. …It is popular these days to talk about the "discontent" of neoliberal globalization. This "discontent" is no longer the … class has become discontented with neoliberalism. The purpose of this presentation is threefold: (1) to explain why the …

shift in emphasis from “war profits” to “peace dividends” – and back to conflict? How did egalitarianism give rise to … picture that never makes it to the news. Diverse processes – such as global accumulation cycles, regional conflicts and energy …Over the past century, Israel has been transformed from an agricultural colony, to a welfare-warfare state, to a …

A theoretical and historical account of the global political economy of oil, armament and capital accumulation in the …

the earlier military economy and the current trajectory into “peace markets” are part of a broader global developments … historical role played by key power groups. And, finally, rather than focus merely on domestic considerations, we claim that both …, particularly the internationalization of business institutions and the changing nature of the capitalist nation-state. In our …

restructuring arises as an integral part of capital accumulation. On the aggregate level, inflation appears as stagflation, with the …. An empirical analysis of the U.S. experience between the early 1950s and the late 1980s reveals two regimes of … modest stagflation, whereas the second, post-1970 regime consisted of stable (or even declining) concentration amidst severe …

popular belief in neoliberal globalization, peace dividends, fiscal conservatism and sound finance that dominated the 1980s … some measure of growth and stability, depth thrives on ‘accumulation through crisis.’ The past twenty years were dominated … capital, the accumulation of capital and the unit of capital. Specifically, our argument builds on a power understanding of …

accumulation. We use this theory to assess the changing meaning of the corporation and the capitalist state, the new ways in which …Over the past century, the institution of 'capital' and the process of its 'accumulation' have been fundamentally … this mimeograph is to address this mismatch. Using a broad brush, we outline a new, power theory of capital and …

significantly, every “energy conflict” since the late 1960s was preceded by adverse drops in the differential rate of the large oil … for the arms contractors. Left unresolved, these predicaments could eventually culminate in a new “energy conflict.” … and Middle East “energy conflicts.” Examining the historical record since the late 1960s, we find US policies to have been …

acquisitions, stagflation and globalization as integral facets of accumulation. The framework builds on the concept of differential … accumulation, emphasizing the power drive by dominant capital groups to beat the average and exceed the normal rate of return. Four … facet of differential accumulation. (4) Periodic lulls in amalgamation tend to be compensated for by stagflation, which …