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Global Accumulation and the New Middle East Wars

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2002

The unravelling of the Middle-East peace process continues to baffle the pundits. The early optimism of the Oslo peace accord has now turned into despair. Prime minister Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist. The Palestinians have embarked on a new Intifada. And Israel has re-occupied...

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The End of Neoliberalism?

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2003

This article was commissioned by the French newspaper Le Monde. The newspaper was one of several sponsors of an International Conference on Global Regulation, held at the University of Sussex on May 29-31, 2003, where we presented a plenary paper. As part of its sponsorship, Le Monde agreed to...

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New Imperialism or New Capitalism?

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2004

Over the past century, the institution of 'capital' and the process of its 'accumulation' have been fundamentally transformed. By contrast, the theories that explain this institution and process have remained largely unchanged. The purpose of this mimeograph is to address this mismatch. Using a...

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The Scientist and the Church

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2005

The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...

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Israel's Roaring Economy

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2007

Many observers of the Israeli scene have been perplexed by the country’s apparent resilience to bad political news. The headlines of late seem uniformly dreadful. While the country is still licking its wounds from a botched, if not humiliating war with Hezbollah, the Palestinian territories...

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How Capitalists Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crisis

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2013

accumulation and economic growth are two sides of the same process. Accumulation generates growth and growth fuels accumulation, so … it seems bootless to ask whether capitalists want growth. Growth is their lifeline, and the more of it, the better it is … growth decelerates, the income share of the Top 1% – which includes the capitalists as well as their protective power belt …

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Can Capitalists Afford Recovery? Economic Policy When Capital is Power

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2013

Economic, financial and social commentators from all directions and persuasion are obsessed with the prospect of recovery. The world remains mired in a deep, prolonged crisis, and the key question seems to be how to get out of it. The purpose of our paper is to ask a very different question that...

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Can Capitalists Afford Recovery? Three Views on Economic Policy in Times of Crisis

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: Review of Capital as Power 1 (2014) 1, pp. 110-155

accumulation, so the question for them is the very possibility of sustained growth. The third and final part takes the view of … capital as power. Capitalized power hinges not on growth, but on strategic sabotage. So from this viewpoint, the key question …

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The Global Political Economy of Israel

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2002

Over the past century, Israel has been transformed from an agricultural colony, to a welfare-warfare state, to a globally integrated “market economy” characterised by great income disparities. What lies behind this transformation? Why the shift in emphasis from “war profits” to “peace...

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Differential Accumulation and Middle East Wars: Beyond Neo-Liberalism

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Global Regulation. Managing Crises After the Imperial Turn, (pp. 43-60). 2004

It is popular these days to talk about the "discontent" of neoliberal globalization. This "discontent" is no longer the prerogative of intellectuals. Increasingly, it comes from below, with opposition from the grassroots. But there may be another type of discontent lurking behind the scenes....

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