Beyond Capitalism: New Social Architectures

· Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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This book is about systemic change in what we consider as capitalism. Far beyond qualifications such as Industry 4.0, the view presented here is that the very structures of capitalism are currently being displaced, and that the present digital revolution is as deep in its impact as the industrial revolution was when it emerged from the agricultural age. Another mode of production is being built, and we are facing a transformation of labor relations, surplus-value extraction, means of production, the role of money and credit, the concept of national borders, and social relations. Rather than lining up what is changing in the industrial capitalism we know, this book studies the new system that is being born, as a broader look at this is necessary due to the present convergence of environmental catastrophe, explosive inequality, global financial chaos, and erosion of democracy.

About the author

Ladislau Dowbor is a Full Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a consultant in development planning for the United Nations, different governments and institutions, mainly in Brazil, as well as in Africa and in other Latin American countries. He has published over a dozen sole-authored books, and over 50 in collaboration with other writers. These include Formation du capitalisme au Brésil, A Reprodução Social, The Broken Mosaic: For an Economics beyond Equations, Economic Democracy, and The Age of Unproductive Capital (2019).

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