The limits of capitalism : an approach to globalization without neoliberalism / Wim Dierckxsens ; translated by Jayne Hutchcroft.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction--Neoliberalism without Perspectives: Towards on Alternative Paradigm -- 1. Efficiency versus the Common Good -- The economy and the common good -- Productive and nonproductive labour and the common good -- Reproduction and the concept of vitality -- Consumer society from the perspective of efficiency and vitality -- Vitality, efficiency and military expenditure -- The disconnection between environmental efficiency and vitality -- 2. Globalization and the Casino Economy -- The so-called class war -- The connection between money and productive labour -- Privatization of global financial management -- The divorce between the real and the virtual economies -- Prospects for a return to productive labour -- 3. Globalization: The Origin of Borderless Private States -- Globalization: towards a no-growth economy -- Development of borderless private consortiums in the triad -- Borderless private states and economic blocs -- Latin America: private states and economic blocs -- 4. Globalization: The Creation of a World Labour Market -- Introduction -- The welfare state and citizenship based on market relations -- Globalization of the labour market -- The world economy, division of labour and citizenship -- New goals for the global economy: an alternative perspective -- 5. Globalization: The Origin of Private States without Citizens -- The logic of capital in a no-growth economy -- The subordination of social and labour issues to transnational interests -- Cycles of intervention and deregulation, and the historical role of the nation-state -- The limits of citizenship in the context of a capitalism without borders -- The limits of capitalism without citizens -- The struggle for involvement at the expense of others versus the struggle for a society with room for everyone: future scenarios -- The limits of geopolitics without citizens -- Worldwide recession and the necessary shift away from neoliberalism -- Towards worldwide regulation based on the global common good -- Globalization and world citizenry: a regulatory void -- 6. Towards a Citizen-based Alternative -- Growing awareness of neoliberalism's limitations -- In search of the common good for humanity -- The subject in a citizen-based globalization -- Bibliography -- Index.

"Here is a trenchant critique of the failings of globalization in the way neoliberal economic policies have created it, and a powerful proposal for a different and democratic way forward. Its author argues that the political Achilles Heel of globalization, as the huge protests against the WTO in Seattle in December 1999 showed, is that it is taking place without the engagement of citizens at large." "He argues that the neoliberal mindset cannot appreciate key concepts like the difference between economic efficiency and vitality, or productive and unproductive investment, or the notion of the Common Good. The result of its privileging of the interests of huge transnational corporations is growing inequality, accelerating impoverishment, and, for most countries, stagnant economic growth. Whether judged in terms of its democratic deficit, the environment or even economic performance, the case against neoliberal global capitalism is overwhelming." "What is to be done? That is the issue political movements, social thinkers, economists, and governments all over the world must now confront. Without trying to propose specific policies, the author puts forward a highly suggestive set of principles and ideas."--Jacket.

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