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Book SynopsisKozo Uno is widely recognised as one of the most important Marxist economists of the 20th century, and yet most of his work remains untranslated and thus unavailable to the Anglo-Saxon world. This English language edition of his influential Keizai-Seisakuron introduces Uno's argument for a mid-range theory of capitalism's developmental stages - one that exists between pure theory and full empiricism.
Table of ContentsForeword to the Revised Edition of 1971 Introduction The commodity-economy and economic policies The task and method of the study of economic policies The study of economic policies and economics PART I: MERCANTILISM 1. The Formative Period of Capitalism 2. The English Wool Industry Representing Merchant Capital 3. The Economic Policies of Mercantilism PART II: LIBERALISM 4. The Period of the Self-Propelled Growth of Capitalism 5. The British Cotton Industry Representing Industrial Capital The development of the cotton industry The British cotton industry and international trade 6. The Economic Policies of Liberalism The free trade movement in Britain The internationalisation of the free trade movement as a sequel to its success in Britain Tariff protectionism in the United States Free trade and tariff protection PART III: IMPERIALISM 7. Capitalism in its Decline The concentration of capital and the bulking large of fixed capital The functioning of the joint-stock company The capital of a joint-stock company Joint-stock companies and banks The joint-stock company as means of concentrating managerial control The mode of accumulation of finance-capital 8. Multiple Faces of Finance-Capital The development of monopoly organisations in and around the heavy industries in Germany Britain’s overseas investment The trust movement in the United States 9. Economic Policies of Imperialism Customs policy and dumping The acquisition of colonies and the export of capital Conclusion Memorandum on Capitalist Development after the First World War (1970) Translator’s Afterword Appendices: Two Essays by Thomas T. Sekine Appendix 1: An Essay on Uno’s Stages-Theory of Capitalist Development: What Might We Learn from this Book? Appendix 2: An Essay on Transition away from Capitalism: How Might Unoists Account for the Evolution of the post-1914 World Economy? References Index of Names Index of Subjects
