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Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser.: Commodity : The Global Commodity System in the 21st Century by Photis Lysandrou (2018, Hardcover)

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Commodity : The Global Commodity System in the 21st Century, Hardcover by Lysandrou, Photis, ISBN 1138338605, ISBN-13 9781138338609, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book analyses the contemporary global economic edition taking 'commodity’ as its unit of analysis, demonstrating that the 2007-8 crisis was the first of the era of the global commodity system and arguing for the establishment of a global tax authority to control inequality and prevent a recurrence.

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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-101138338605

ISBN-139781138338609

eBay Product ID (ePID)26038516710

Product Key Features

Number of Pages102 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCommodity : the Global Commodity System in the 21st Century

SubjectEconomic History, General, Economics / General, Taxation / General

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

AuthorPhotis Lysandrou

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics

SeriesRoutledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight7.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2018-042330

Reviews"The 2008 crisis came close to toppling the global financial system. We continue to live with its iniquitous consequences today. Commodity takes a step back from the day-to-day oscillations in financial markets to ask how a financialised logic came to dominate and shape the contemporary world economy. This book is essential reading for academics, students and the general reader who wish to better understand how financial capitalism rose to ascendance - and how it might be challenged through an ambitious programme of transnational tax reform.", Scott Lavery, University of Sheffield, UK

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentPreface, 1. Structure. 2. Genesis. 3. Operation. 4. Crisis. 5. Control. Appendix. Bibliography. Index

SynopsisThe 21st century marks a watershed in the history of the human economic condition. Income and wealth inequalities are now greater than ever before - and their role in the global financial crisis is one of the burning issues of today. Commodity looks at the great financial crisis from an entirely original perspective - that of the global commodity system as a newly operational totality. In the 19th century, the commodity system as defined by Karl Marx was limited to a few regions and embraced only the labour and capital capacities and their outputs. By the end of the 20th century, it encompassed the entire planet and embraced government capacity as well as private capacities, financial securities and material goods and services. This book shows how the financial crisis and its causes can only properly be understood as a result of this vast, unprecedented extension of the commodity system - a system which benefits the rich. The author makes the watertight case that it is only through the creation of a global tax authority - to coordinate national tax regimes and to implement a tax on global wealth - that we can avoid another crisis and create a fairer and more equitable world. Addressing a broad range of themes, Commodity offers a new perspective which will be of interest to political economists as well as researchers specialising in other related fields of social enquiry. Written in a clear and engaging way, the book's concise nature also makes it accessible for the non-specialist reader, and it will especially appeal to all those who want a more just society.

LC Classification NumberHB501