Twilight Capitalism – Karl Marx and the Decay of the Profit System

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By Murray E.g. Smith and Jonah Butovsky and Joshua J. Watterton

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Twilight Capitalism explores the profound crises facing twenty-first-century capitalism, from pandemics and deepening inequality to climate change and authoritarianism. The authors present a comprehensive analysis of the social and economic turmoil starting in 2020, arguing that Karl Marx's critique of capitalism and his vision for class-struggle socialism remain vital tools for understanding and tackling these urgent issues.
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Ideal for readers interested in political economy, critical social theory, and contemporary global issues, particularly those seeking to understand capitalism's challenges through a Marxist lens.

Marx's laws of value and profitability are indispensable to interpreting the advanced state of decay of world capitalism and informing the struggles of working people to replace it with socialism.

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Twenty-first-century capitalism has little more to offer than a menu of despair: pandemics, deepening inequality, worsening depression, runaway climate change, intensifying authoritarianism, and escalating militarism.

Twilight Capitalism offers a wide-ranging analysis of the origins, implications, and scope of the "combined" social crisis of 2020 and beyond. A compelling case is made that Karl Marx's critical analysis of capitalism, along with his programme of class-struggle socialism, is essential to understanding and addressing the most important social, economic, and ecological problems of our time.

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Praised for linking the current capitalist crisis directly to the systemic problems of the global economy, this work offers invaluable empirical and theoretical insights. Reviewers highlight its role in illuminating ongoing debates about capitalism's failures, emphasising that the core problem is capitalism itself.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781773634197

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 April 2021

Country: Canada

Imprint: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 272

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Finance & Economics Finance & Investment Jonah Butovsky Joshua J. Watterton Murray E.g. Smith Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

Murray E.G. Smith is Professor of Sociology and Labour Studies at Brock University. He has been active on the socialist left in Canada since the 1970s, participating in a variety of campaigns and progressive movements for social change.