158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
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Henry Heller’s short account of the history of capitalism combines Marx’s economic and political thought with contemporary scholarship to shed light on the current capitalist crisis. It argues that capitalism is an evolving mode of production that has now outgrown its institutional and political limits.
The book provides an overview of the different historical stages of capitalism, underpinned... Read more
Introduction
1. Merchant capitalism
2. The political economy of capitalist transition
3. Ascendant capitalism (1789–1980)
4. Neoliberalism (1980–2017)
5. Towards socialism
Biography
Henry Heller is Professor of History at the University of Manitoba, Canada.






