Global Imperialism and the Great Crisis: The Uncertain Future of Capitalism

by Ernesto Screpanti

Book Overview

In this provocative study, economist Ernesto Screpanti argues that imperialism--far from disappearing or mutating into a benign "globalization"--has in fact entered a new phase, which he terms "global imperialism." This is a phase defined by multinational firms cut loose from the nation-state framework and free to chase profits over the entire surface of the globe. No longer dependent on nation-states for building a political consensus that accommodates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583674470
• ISBN13: 9781583674475
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"