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The Dissolution of the Financial State


The Dissolution of the Financial State

A Marxian Examination of the Political Economy of Money Since the 1930s
Heterodox Studies in the Critique of Political Economy

von: Simon Mouatt

104,99 €

Verlag: Lexington Books
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 06.08.2015
ISBN/EAN: 9780739190388
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 274

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<span><span>This book argues that post-Keynesian theories of endogenous money can be combined with Marxian analysis in order to give insight into the changing power relations between the state, finance sector and real economy since WW2. A key theme is that financial power, derived from the control of money-issue and its purchasing power, is determined by the state and market in varying proportions (depending on context) but that state sovereignty has been lost in recent decades. In addition, the growth of financial markets in recent decades, so-called financialization, has led many to assume that private finance is an important proximate driver of economic affairs in general. In contrast, the book argues that this provides insufficient explanation of events. To discuss financial factors as causes of financial crisis risks describing the phenomena without illustrating the root causes. Instead, the book argues that systemic drivers of capitalism (rooted in production), probably best understood by Marx, actually do provide a more plausible explanation of the causes of the financialization and erosion of state sovereignty. In addition, the Post-Keynesian descriptions of monetary processes are considered to best reflect the actual reality of the monetary system. This represents an interesting synthesis of the classical Marx with modern money theory. The interpretation of Marx used to explain this financial transformation has been named the Temporal Single System Interpretation, which illustrates Marx’s value theory across periods and identifies a tendency towards falling profit rates. It is claimed that falling profits, in turn, are an underlying driver of the systemic propensity towards financialisation, crisis and stagnation. The empirical findings presented, taken from case studies of the UK and Germany, appear to support this view. </span></span>
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<span><span>The central argument is that the response of agents (including the state) to the profit tendency has been a significant driver of the observed financial transformation. The book then concludes that this synthesis provides a more appropriate explanation of the historical transformation of the financial system since the Great Depression, than much of the financialization literature, and illustrates the source (and operation) of financial power in the modern capitalist state and market.</span></span>
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<span><span>This book considers credit systems in the era of financialization and the erosion of state sovereignty in financial matters. Applying Marx’s political economy and Post-Keynesian endogenous money theory to case studies from the UK and Germany, it argues that the best explanation for these phenomena can be found in the systemic drivers of capitalism.</span><span><br></span></span>
<span><span>Chapter One: Market and State</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Two: A Monetary Economy</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Three: Mainstream Theory</span></span>
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<span>Chapter Four: Heterodox Traditions</span>
<span>Chapter Five: Marx’s Political Economy</span>
<span>Chapter Six: Marx and Money</span>
<span>Chapter Seven: The Financial State</span>
<span>Chapter Eight: The Golden Age of Steam</span>
<span>Chapter Nine: German Monetary Policy</span>
<span>Chapter Ten: UK Monetary Policy</span>
<span>Chapter Eleven: Capitalist Development</span>
<span>Chapter Twelve: Concluding Thoughts</span>
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<span><span>Simon Mouatt</span><span> is associate professor at Southampton Solent University.</span></span>

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