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Book SynopsisThis edited collection engages with Marx’s General Law of Capitalist Accumulation, examining the relevance and actuality of Marx’s propositions for the analysis of contemporary capitalism in Latin America and beyond. The contributors offer an original and updated interpretation of Marx while also examining important topics in political economy. The contributors bring critical insights into scholarly debates on imperialism, exploitation, labor, and development.
Table of ContentsPart I. Revisiting Marx’s General Law
Chapter 1: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation: A Comprehensive Reading from the Perspective of the Systematic Structure of Capital
Chapter 2: Violence and Crepuscular Capitalism. Structural Dynamics and Superstructural Forms of the General Law of Capitalist Accumulation
Chapter 3: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation and a Theory of Labor-Shortage Business Cycles
Chapter 4: The Determination of Wages in the Framework of Capital Accumulation: The Industrial Reserve Army and the Value of Labor-Power
Chapter 5: Labor Precariousness as an Abstract Form of Domination
Part II. Underdevelopment, Imperialism and the Industrial Reserve Army of Labour in Latin America and Beyond
Chapter 6: Marx´s General Law and the Development of Underdevelopment
Chapter 7: Bordering the Surplus Population across the Mediterranean: Imperialism and Unfree Labor
Chapter 8: Marini within its Limits: A Critique of Super-exploitation as a Structural Mechanism of Accumulation in the Periphery
Chapter 9: Global Inequalities, Digital Capitalism, and Marx's General Law of Accumulation
Chapter 10: The Industrial Reserve Army in the 21st Century. An Approach to the Case of Mexico
Chapter 11: Unpaid Housework, Social Reproduction, and Accumulation of Capital: A Theoretical Framework and Empirical Evidence from Mexico
