The Creation of Wealth and Poverty : Means and Ways (Paperback)

Introduction1 The State, the Market and Management of Class RelationsIntroduction The Primitive State and its Economic RoleThe Neoliberal State and the Policies of PauperizationConclusion2 Democracy in Government: The Power of PolicymakingIntroductionDemocracy in Government: Economic and Social DemocracyConclusion3 Private Wealth … and Public DebtIntroductionOf Assets and LiabilitiesPublic Policy and the Creation of WealthConclusion4 Full Employment versus ScarcityIntroduction Austerity and the Creation of Artificial ScarcityThe Necessity of Full EmploymentConclusion5 Innovation, Ownership and ProgressIntroductionHumanity’s Great Leap Forward: Innovation and the Role of the StateThe Commodification of Knowledge and the Prospects of Progress Conclusion6 Industrialization Backwardness, International Trade and FinanceIntroductionThe Weight of History, the Great Divergence and Industrial PolicyThe Power of Finance: Removing the External ConstraintConclusion7 Industrialization and the Environmental CrisisIntroductionThe Fossil Economy and the Rise of Capitalist IndustrializationThe Green Economy as AlternativeConclusion