The capital as power framework, developed by Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler, argues that the aim of business is … not ‘profit maximization’ but the differential accumulation of social power. Using this framework as a theoretical …

incomes follow a power-law distribution, and the redistribution of income corresponds to a change in the power-law exponent … first developed by Herbert Simon and Harold Lydall, I show that hierarchy can explain the power-law distribution of top …. Given the messiness of the struggle for resources, why is the outcome so simple? This paper explores the idea that the (re)distribution …

This paper clarifies a common misrepresentation of our theory of capital as power, or CasP. Many observers tend to box …, whereas CasP critically examines both the underpinnings of capitalized power as well as the forces that threaten and undermine … power means to an economic end. By contrast, CasP, which was developed at the end of the twentieth century, sees power not …

computational power. The purpose of this study is to examine how the two sides of this story—progress and conflict—are linked …. Starting from the theoretical political economic framework of capital as power, I put organized social power at the centre of …

social consequences of their operations. Ultimately, we find several sources of commodity trader resilience which insulate …

Republicans gain power, despite enacting policies that are self-evidently bad for the majority. And we’ll reflect on the reasons …

– not enough stuff to go around. A shortage of food implies hunger; a shortage of electricity implies darkness. But are …