Maturity and Stagnation in American Capitalism

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NYU Press, 1976 - Business & Economics - 248 pages

Details a pattern of development and investment in the American economy that produces diminished growth and increased stagnation.

 

Contents

PART I
1
THE CONCEPT OF EXCESS CAPACITY
9
VI
40
THE COMPETITION OF CAPITAL BETWEEN INDUSTRIES
66
52
92
66
102
THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNDESIRED EXCESS CAPACITY
127
THE JOINT STOCK SYSTEM AND THE MODERN CAPITAL
138
The ratio of capital to output
187
107
190
The turning point of capital accumulation
191
THE LONGRUN THEORY OF INVESTMENT
192
A model of longrun growth
196
the case of constant utilisation
207
variable utilisation
211
KARL MARX AND THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL
228

A priori reasons for a decline in share yields
145
Data relating to the development of Joint Stock Companies
148
The net effect of the joint stock system
153
Effects on the maldistribution of funds
155
the rate of profit fall?
169
Gross and net capital
175
The law of accumulation
229
The declining rate of profit
240
Underconsumption and the crisis of capitalism
243
113
247
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