The Socialist Register has been at the forefront of intellectual enquiry and strategic debate on the left for five decades. This expertly curated collection analyzes technological innovation against the backdrop of the recurrent crises and forms of class struggle distinctive to capitalism.
As we enter what some term the "fourth industrial revolution" and both mainstream commentators and the left grapple with the implications of rapid technological development, this volume is a timely and crucial resource for those looking to build a political strategy attentive to sweeping changes in how we produce goods and live our lives.
Greg Albo teaches political economy at the Department of Political Science, York University, Toronto. He is currently co-editor of the Socialist Register. He is also on the editorial boards of Studies in Political Economy, Relay, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Canadian Dimension, The Bullet and Historical Materialism (England). Albo is co-editor of A Different Kind of State: Popular Power and Democratic Administration and author of numerous articles in journals such as Studies in Political Economy, Socialist Register, Canadian Dimension, and Monthly Review.
Leo Panitch is Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at York University. Editor of The Socialist Register for 25 years, his many books include Working Class Politics in Crisis, A Different Kind of State, The End of Parliamentary Socialism, and American Empire and The Political Economy of Global Finance.
Alan Zuege is co-editor of several books, including Value and the World Economic Today (2003) and The Globalization Decade (2006).
Publication date: January 5, 2021
Capitalism, Technology, Labor: An Introduction
The Economics of Neo-Capitalism, Ernest Mandel
Professor Galbraith and American Capitalism, Ralph Miliband
Andre Gorz and his Disappearing Proletariat, Richard Hyman
Marx, the Present Crisis and the Future of Labor, Ernest Mandel
‘Competitive Austerity’ and the Impasse of Capitalist Employment Policy, Greg Albo
The Making of a Cybertariat? Virtual Work in a Real World, Ursula Huws
No-Collar Labor in America’s ‘New Economy’, Andrew Ross
A Tale of Two Crises: Labor, Capital and Restructuring in the US Auto Industry, Nicole M. Aschoff
Crisis as Capitalist Opportunity: The New Accumulation through Public Service Commodification, Ursula Huws
The Walmart Working Class, Arun Gupta
Reconsiderations of Class: Precariousness as Proletarianization, Bryan D. Palmer
Class Theory and Class Politics Today, Hugo Radice
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Edited by Greg Albo, Stephen Maher, et al.
Edited by Greg Albo, Leo Panitch, et al.
Edited by Greg Albo and Leo Panitch
