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Michael Perelman
Auteur van The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation
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Michael Perelman is Professor of Economics at California State University at Chico
Werken van Michael Perelman
The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation (2000) 108 exemplaren
The Invisible Handcuffs of Capitalism: How Market Tyranny Stifles the Economy by Stunting Workers (2011) 35 exemplaren
Steal This Idea: Intellectual Property Rights and the Corporate Confiscation of Creativity (2002) 25 exemplaren
The Pathology of the U.S. Economy Revisited: The Intractable Contradictions of Economic Policy (2002) 10 exemplaren
The Natural Instability of Markets : Expectations, Increasing Returns, and the Collapse of Capitalism (1999) 5 exemplaren
Classical political economy : primitive accumulation and the social division of labor (1984) 4 exemplaren
Transcending the Economy: On the Potential of Passionate Labor and the Wastes of the Market (2000) 4 exemplaren
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It has some problems. The section that talks about the dialectic between allowing household provisioning because it reduces wages and keeping it down to a low level because if it's too successful it stops people becoming wage labourers makes sense, but the diagram it gives and the details were completely baffling - I'm sure this is probably a problem with me though. Some of the quotes are a little confusing and might have been cut up too much. Sometimes it drifts a bit too much into speculation, although I understand this is due to the absence of source material on a key subject and it's clearly marked and all seems a reasonable follow-on from the views that are sourced. Sometimes it uses Marxist/general economic terms and you'll have trouble following if you don't have a basic familiarity with them, which is annoying because otherwise it avoids being obscure and could be a good introduction.
I like it a lot, even though it's not necessarily an essential book or anything, both because it sheds light on an important topic (classical political economy is still a strong force with everyone loving Adam Smith and primitive accumulation is highly relevant to the world today) and because it's very engaging - the economists mentioned come across as real characters, even if their main trait is being giant turds with varying degrees of honesty. Adam Smith is given a lot of coverage and comes across very poorly, which is appropriate and important given his incredibly high reputation and the evil perpetuated in his name. I enjoyed reading it a lot even apart from the useful information - a lot of the quotes are evil in a sort of comic book way, and they're pretty funny in a sad way.
The last chapter is pretty short but it touches on Lenin's relationship with Smith's works and mentions Mao for a little bit. Unfortunately it's not really built on and it seems reluctant to either seriously criticise or to look to different Marxist possibilities - it just restricts itself to point out some links between them and Smith and not much else. It's still interesting although it feels a bit vestigial - I'm interested in what else he has to say on the topic.
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