The creation of wealth and poverty means and ways 1st Edition by Hassan Bougrine ISBN 9781317596875 1317596870

1 The State, the Market and Management of Class Relations

Introduction

The Primitive State and its Economic Role

The Neoliberal State and the Policies of Pauperization

Conclusion

2 Democracy in Government: The Power of Policymaking

Introduction

Democracy in Government

Economic and Social Democracy

Conclusion

3 Private Wealth . . . and Public Debt

Introduction

Of Assets and Liabilities

Public Policy and the Creation of Wealth

Conclusion

4 Full Employment versus Scarcity

Introduction

Austerity and the Creation of Artificial Scarcity

The Necessity of Full Employment

Conclusion

5 Innovation, Ownership and Progress

Introduction

Humanity’s Great Leap Forward: Innovation and the Role of the State

The Commodification of Knowledge and the Prospects of Progress

Conclusion

6 Industrial Backwardness, International Trade and Finance

Introduction

The Weight of History, the Great Divergence and Industrial Policy

The Power of Finance: Removing the External Constraint

Conclusion

7 Industrialization and the Environmental Crisis

Introduction

The Fossil Economy and the Rise of Capitalist Industrialization

The Green Economy as Alternative

Conclusion

Index