Political Economy and the New Capitalism

<p><em>Political Economy and the New Capitalism</em> examines the relevance of Sam Aaronovitch's pioneering empirical studies of British capitalism in the light of modern developments. A wide range of problems are reviewed from industrial concentration today to the co-ordination of economic policies in Europe. Aaronovitch's work on the role of finance in the British economy is the subject sustained reflection. Individual chapters examine orthodox and left-wing criticisms of finance exchange rate instability and employment growth and regions in the context of European Union. This work concludes with a bibliography of the published writings of Sam Aaronovitch and collects the reflections of some of the most distinguished thinkers in economics today including: Meghnad Desai G.C. Harcourt Pat Devine Egon Matzner Malcolm Sawyer Sir Alan Budd Jan Toporowski Philip Arestis Eleni Paliginis Victoria Chick and Ben Fine.</p>