Phases of Capitalist Development: Booms, Crises and Globalizations

by Robert Albritton, Makoto Itoh, Richard Westra

In this collection authors from eight different countries, representing a wide variety of academic disciplines and theoretical perspectives, investigate the differing phases of capitalist development. They offer diverse and powerful analyses of the postwar boom, economic crises and globalization within this context.

365 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Robert Albritton is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada. He is the author of various books, such as, most recently, Economics Transformed: Discovering the Brilliance of Marx (2007) and Let Them Eat Junk: How Capitalism Creates Hunger and Obesity (2009).