Traces the epochal shifts in the relationship between capital accumulation and state formation over a 700-year period. This book concludes with an examination of the forces which have shaped and are poised to undermine America's world power.
In the late eighteenth century, the political economist Adam Smith predicted an eventual equalization of power between the conquering West and the conquered non-West. This book demonstrates Smith's continued relevance to understanding China's extraordinary rise.
Análisis de la crisis actual del modelo de acumulación del capitalismo desde la perspectiva de su funcionamiento sistémico plurisecular como sistema de acumulación de capital a escala mundial.