On Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century
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We discuss the Part 2 of this landmark book from 2008, debating theories of Western economic decline: Robert Brenner's, and Arrighi's critique of it.
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Are you 'Team Brenner' or 'Team Arrighi'?
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Was neoliberalism a counter-revolution? A passive revolution? A restoration?
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How does the depression of the 1870s compare to that of the 1970s or the post-2008 period?
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What are the characteristics of our own Belle Époque (1993-2007)
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What matters more in explaining the downturn: inter-capitalist global competition? Upward wage pressure? The role of the global South?
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