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- Provides a critique of political economy
- Presents an economic and moral critique of capitalism, and an argument for both the inevitability and moral superiority of socialism
- Written in a clear, accessible style
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Beginning with the economic meltdown of 2007/8, this book shows that the predatory mortgage lending and overleveraging—which is to say, the overextension of credit—which precipitated The Great Recession was a response to a crisis of overproduction reflective of an unavoidable contradiction at the heart of competitive capitalism. This contradiction, in addition to portending capitalism’s inevitable ultimate demise, invites both a pragmatic and moral comparison of (US) capitalism with (Chinese) socialism. Simon V. Glynn provides a critique of political economy and an analysis of the economic logic of capitalism, pointing to the inevitable triumph of socialism.
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Simon Glynn is Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Economic Logic of Late Capitalism and the Inevitable Triumph of Socialism
Authors: Simon Glynn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52667-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52666-5Published: 12 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52667-2Published: 11 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 149
Topics: Political Philosophy, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Political Economy/Economic Systems