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Zombie Capitalism: Global Crisis and the Relevance of Marx
Chris Harman
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We've been told for years that the capitalist free market is a self-correcting perpetual growth machine in which sellers always find buyers, precluding any major crisis in the system. Then the credit crunch of August 2007 turned into the great crash of SeptemberOctober 2008, leading one apologist for the system, Willem Buiter, to write of "the end of capitalism as we knew it."
As the crisis unfolded, the world witnessed the way in which the runaway speculation of the "shadow" banking system wreaked havoc on world markets, leaving real human devastation in its wake. Faced with the financial ... Read more
We've been told for years that the capitalist free market is a self-correcting perpetual growth machine in which sellers always find buyers, precluding any major crisis in the system. Then the credit crunch of August 2007 turned into the great crash of SeptemberOctober 2008, leading one apologist for the system, Willem Buiter, to write of "the end of capitalism as we knew it."
As the crisis unfolded, the world witnessed the way in which the runaway speculation of the "shadow" banking system wreaked havoc on world markets, leaving real human devastation in its wake. Faced with the financial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781608461042
SKU
V9781608461042
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About Chris Harman
Chris Harman (19422009) was the editor of the International Socialism and the author of numerous books, including A Peoples History of the World (Verso).
Reviews for Zombie Capitalism: Global Crisis and the Relevance of Marx
"This book needs to be read far and wide. It is a clear, incisive warning of the massive dangers posed by a clear, incisive warning of the massive danges posed by a "runaway system" and the threat it poses for the future of humanity." –Gram Turner, author of The Credit Crunch "Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand ... Read more