Introduction : political economy in the Americas / Anne Tittor and Daniel Hawkins -- Capitalism / Juan Grigera -- Class struggle / Ricardo Antunes -- Crisis / Aaron Tauss -- Deindustrialization / Lachlan MacKinnon and Steven High -- Development / Karin Fischer -- Energy / Maria Backhouse, Anne...

"Presenting a profound and far-reaching analysis of economic, ecological, social, cultural and political developments of contemporary capitalism, this book draws on the work of Karl Polanyi, and re-reads it for our times. The renowned authors offer key insights to current changes in the...

Ever since Jim O'Neill at Goldman Sachs coined the term BRICS in 2001 there have been many different assessments of these major emerging economies, with some even proclaiming that the promise of the BRICS (comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is over. However, the so called...