1st Edition
A History of Economic Thought at the Frankfurt Institute Beyond the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School, 1923-1945
Introduction
Chapter 1: Materialism and Economic Theory in the Institute’s Early Years
1.1 Intellectual Origins of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research
1.2 The Law of Accumulation of Capital
1.3 The Asiatic Mode of Production
Chapter 2: The Weimar Republic’s Economic Structure and Legal Constitution
2.1 Monopoly Capitalism in the Weimar Republic
2.2 The Influence of Private Economic Interests
Chapter 3: Against the Logic of Market Economics
3.1 Epistemological Reflections during the Institute’s Early Phase
3.2 Soviet Planning
3.3 The End of Liberal Capitalism in the West
3.4 Prospects for a Planned Economy
Chapter 4: The Economic System of National Socialism
4.1 The State Capitalism Thesis
4.2 Monopoly Capitalism in the Third Reich
Conclusion
Biography
Ali Ahmad holds a PhD in Economic and Intellectual History from the University of Cambridge, having worked under the supervision of Martin Ruehl. He has received awards from the Economic History Society, the Cambridge Political Economy Society, and the Ellen MacArthur Fund. He previously earned a dual BA in Business Administration and Economics from the American University of Beirut, where he was on the Dean’s Honour List, and an MA in Politics and International Relations from Durham University with Distinction. His research approaches the study of capitalism from multiple angles including epistemology, ideology, intellectual history, politics, economics, and financial analysis.
