The paper introduces the notion of different methods of calculating and analysing profitability as signatures of capitalism at different stages of development. Its point of departure is Bryer's thesis of the capitalist mentality, which is subject to theoretical and empirical critique and...

This French paper is a critique of Alain Lipietz's article "Le débat sur la valeur: bilan partiel et perspectives partiales" (The debate on Value: A partial Assessment and Partisan Perspectives), contribution to an international colloquium at the EHESS in Paris in 1983 at the occasion of the...

This paper is the first chapter of a book published by Sage Publications examining the principles considered in contesting theories of the field, and then the issues facing boards of directors in dealing with matters within the board, between boards and owners, between different types of owners,...

Neo-republicans agree that among the implications of a republican theory of liberty is that the socio-economic independence of the citizen be guaranteed. This commitment to socio-economic independence appears most clearly in the modern republican preoccupation with 'free labor.' Most...

This paper examines Marx's views on globalization and its supposed inevitability, and contends that they underwent a substantial evolution and revision after the publication of the Communist Manifesto. In the case of China, a prime example of the Asiatic mode of production, Marx even doubted...

The concept of surplus is central in the analysis of capitalism. From the Marxian literature we can identify two main approaches: on the one hand, the concept of surplus developed by Marx based on the distribution of time worked between workers and capitalists; while on the other, the concept of...

The concept of surplus is central in the analysis of capitalism. From the Marxian literature we can identify two main approaches: on the one hand, the concept of surplus developed by Marx based on the distribution of time worked between workers and capitalists; while on the other, the concept of...

This paper models the volatility present in the historical returns in the stock of the two major national indices of India. Sensitive Index or Sensex related to Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and Nifty associated with National Stock Exchange (NSE). The objective is to model the phenomena of...

The paper examines the range of national experiences of communist rule in terms of the aspiration to ‘overtake and outstrip the advanced countries economically'. It reviews the causal beliefs of the rulers, the rise and fall of their economies (or, in the case of China, its continued rise),...