Open AccessBook Review Essay: Capital Resurgent? The Political Economy of Gérard Duménil and Dominique Lévy
Author(s) -
Matthew F. Nichter
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of world-systems research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 1076-156X
DOI - 10.5195/jwsr.2008.347
Subject(s) - marxist philosophy , capital (architecture) , interpretation (philosophy) , economic history , perspective (graphical) , quarter (canadian coin) , politics , economy , political science , political economy , humanities , history , economics , art , philosophy , law , ancient history , visual arts , archaeology , linguistics
Written from a broadly Marxist perspective, Capital Resurgent proposes a sweeping interpretation of nearly one hundred and fifty years of capitalist development, illuminating the neoliberal revolution of the past quarter century through comparisons with earlier periods. French economists Gérard Duménil and Dominique Lévy have produced an ambitious book, replete with useful data and provocative hypotheses, that summarizes and synthesizes their growing oeuvre