October 1, 2012
Robert Rhodes edited Imperialism and Underdevelopment: A Reader (Monthly Review Press, 1970), a best seller that was widely used in graduate level courses. Today he is a political activist in… READ MORE
July 1, 2012
As the economies of Europe, North America, and Japan continue to stagnate orthodox economics has revealed itself to be bankrupt, unable to explain what is happening much less what to… READ MORE
July 1, 2012
Fifty years ago this month two chapters, ’The Giant Corporation” and ’On the Quality of Monopoly Capitalist Society—I,” of Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy’s then forthcoming book, Monopoly Capital, were… READ MORE
July 1, 2012
Monopoly Capital: An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order by Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy, published in 1966, is one of the foundational works in the… READ MORE
July 1, 2012
The text as published has been edited and includes notes by John Bellamy Foster. � 1 � It may be appropriate at this stage to pause, and, even at the… READ MORE
July 1, 2012
Samir Amin is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His books include The Liberal Virus, The World We Wish to See, and The Law of Worldwide Value… READ MORE
July 1, 2012
John Smith teaches political economy, human rights, and genocide studies at Kingston University in London. His forthcoming book on imperialism and globalization will be published by Monthly Review Press. Introduction… READ MORE
July 1, 2012
Nina Shapiro is professor of economics at Saint Peter’s College, New Jersey, and a memberof the editorial board of the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics. One may feel tempted to… READ MORE
June 1, 2012
� If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You… READ MORE
June 1, 2012
Paul M. Sweezy was a founder and editor of Monthly Review from 1949 until his death in 2004. This is a reconstruction from notes of a talk given to the… READ MORE
