Critical Encounters
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Critical Encounters by Wolfgang Streeck
An anthology of long-read book reviews by one of the European left's foremost political economists.
Synthesises the various strands of left crisis theory into a convincing proposal, as strong psychologically as it is on economics-- Paul Mason * Guardian, Books of the Year 2016 [on How Will Capitalism End?] *
A must-read. * Financial Times, Best Books of 2016 [on How Will Capitalism End?] *
Streeck sees a destructive convergence of three fixed trends in late capitalism: a declining rate of economic growth, soaring overall indebtedness, and rising economic inequality in both income and wealth. His work interlocks with recent dark conclusions by Robert J. Gordon, Thomas Piketty, and Wendy Brown, among others. -- Norman Rush * New York Review of Books [on How Will Capitalism End?] *
Streeck's sweeping and empirically founded inquiry reminds one of Karl Marx's Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. -- Jürgen Habermas [on Buying Time]
A superbly provocative work of political economy. -- Aditya Chakrabortty * Guardian [on Buying Time] *
A compelling and distinctive analysis of the current political moment. -- Hans Kundnani * The World Today *
A must-read. * Financial Times, Best Books of 2016 [on How Will Capitalism End?] *
Streeck sees a destructive convergence of three fixed trends in late capitalism: a declining rate of economic growth, soaring overall indebtedness, and rising economic inequality in both income and wealth. His work interlocks with recent dark conclusions by Robert J. Gordon, Thomas Piketty, and Wendy Brown, among others. -- Norman Rush * New York Review of Books [on How Will Capitalism End?] *
Streeck's sweeping and empirically founded inquiry reminds one of Karl Marx's Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. -- Jürgen Habermas [on Buying Time]
A superbly provocative work of political economy. -- Aditya Chakrabortty * Guardian [on Buying Time] *
A compelling and distinctive analysis of the current political moment. -- Hans Kundnani * The World Today *
Wolfgang Streeck is a Senior Research Associate and Emeritus Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. He is a Member of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Member of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788738743 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788738748 |
| Title | Critical Encounters |
| Author | Wolfgang Streeck |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2020-11-10 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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