Marx anticipated crises in capitalism, arguing that it was derivative from the 'fetishism of commodities' inherent in the capitalist mode of production; this book substantiates the claim exploring Marx's analysis of commodities to the recent crisis.

Using updated data and engaging the latest scholarship, this volume addresses the connections between demographic change and social policy issues including Social Security and Medicare more completely than in past editions.

The purpose of this book is to provide a critique of the standard neoclassical macroeconomic model. This model is the basis of certain "parables" which play a major role in policy-making and in the way that the layman conceives of economic policy and management.

In the course of this book it is argued that the loss of what is essentially 'macro' in Keynes is the result of a preference for a form of equilibrium analysis that gives unqualified support to the ideology of free markets.

Marx anticipated crises in capitalism, arguing that it was derivative from the 'fetishism of commodities' inherent in the capitalist mode of production; this book substantiates the claim exploring Marx's analysis of commodities in relation to the recent crisis.

Dr. Weeks presents a detailed critique of dependency theory as an explanation of underdevelopment and offers an alternative theory based on the internal contradictions within underdeveloped countries and the competitive nature of international capitalism. Applying his theory to Peru, he shows how the country has been transformed over the last thirt