Michael J. Lynch, W. Byron Groves and Alan Lizotte (1994), 'The Rate of Surplus Value and Crime: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination of Marxian Economic Theory and Criminology', Crime, Law and Social Change, 21, pp. 15-48.

2017 ◽  
pp. 293-326
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Surplus Value

On Modern Scientific Assessment of the Economic Theory of Marx-Engels-Lenin (Ten Items for Reflection)

2004 ◽  
pp. 111-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Kudrov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Surplus Value ◽  
Scientific Assessment ◽  
General Law

Substantive provisions of the Marx-Engels-Lenin economic theory in comparison with vital realities of XX century are critically considered in the article. Theories of surplus value, labor value, general law of capitalist accumulation, absolute and relative impoverishment of proletariat are examined. The author points to utopianism and inconsistency of Marx's theory and calls Russian economists for creation of new economic theory adequate to challenges of XXI century.

Marxism and the Underdog

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Perlo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Historical Materialism ◽  
Human Suffering ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Surplus Value ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Original Sense

AbstractMarxism has defined its key values in opposition to animals other than human in order to promote the interests of the most downtrodden human beings. Although it has characterized itself as a scientific historical and economic theory, sympathy for human suffering has provided its most powerful motivation as a political force. This capacity for sympathy, causing in modern times an extension of Marxist concerns beyond "class" in the original sense, is beginning to accommodate animals as are the theoretical concepts of alienation, surplus value, and historical materialism. Marxism's inconsistencies are being resolved in favor of the side that, for human as well as animal benefit, favors individual sentience and other pro-animal values. So, in a truly dialectical progression, the same quality of sympathy that at first caused Marxism to denigrate animals is now coming out in their support.

scholarly journals L’évolution du taux de la plus-value en France (1951-1980)

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-192
Author(s):  
J.-C. Delaunay
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Surplus Value ◽  
Statistical Problems

ABSTRACT The measurement of the rate of surplus-value, in France, during the last thirty years, refers to the Marxist economic theory of capitalism and araises theoretical and statistical problems. From a theoretical point of view and after discussing on the legitimacy of measuring the rate of surplus-value, the author mainly evocates the following problems. 1) what kind of workers generate surplus-value? 2) are engineers producers of surplus-value? 3) is it correct to use the data of national accounts to quantify a rate defined on an essential level? After mentioning the theoretical choices, the author examines the statistical aspects of the problems. According to his results and assumptions, his main conclusion is that the rate of surplus-value, in France, has grown up from 1950. But its rate has been getting slower and slower. The return of capitalist exploitation would have been decreasing. The economic policy worked out from 1974 to 1980 resulted in an increase of the rate of surplus-value without reaching the variations observed during the Vth Républic.

scholarly journals Why Petroleum Did Not Save the Whales

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 237802311773921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard York
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Economic Theory ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Whale Oil ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Unanticipated Consequences ◽  
Political Economic

Ironically, even though fossil fuels provided substitutes for the main uses of whale oil, the rise of fossil fuel use in the nineteenth century served to increase the intensity of whaling. The connections between fossil fuels and whaling are an example of the unanticipated consequences that frequently come with technological change. I draw on political-economic theory to explain why fossil fuels served to escalate rather than eliminate whaling. The case of whaling highlights the limited potential for technological developments to help overcome environmental problems without concurrent political, economic, and social change that supports conservation.

Progress through Protest

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Burgum
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Organisation ◽  
Social Model ◽  
The Face ◽  
Society Today

This chapter demonstrates how neoliberalism — a school of political and economic theory which argues that market competition, supported by the state, is the best way to organise the economy, government, and society — has become so taken for granted that it is no longer perceived as an alternative model, but instead as something closer to ‘common sense’. While many may intuit that society today is in some way ‘sick’, it may also be the case that most people are additionally unable to even imagine healthier forms of social organisation. The chapter aims to find the root causes of how such a market led social model has actually been maintained in the face of an economic crash, and how widespread protest against the system has failed to generate any kind of deep social change.

Constructing Common Knowledge: Design Practice for Social Change in Craft Livelihoods in India

Design Issues ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annapurna Mamidipudi
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Outcomes ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Empirical Examination

From a policy point of view, the nine million craftspeople in India are underdeveloped economically and in need of expert design interventions to adapt to the market. Within nationalistic projects those same craftspeople are transformed into a heritage that needs to be preserved, rather than having a trajectory into a promising future. Is there an escape from these discourses of poverty or museumization when thinking about craftspeople? In response, this article investigates how design can be key to achieve social change that craftspeople desire. I propose that designers intending to mitigate vulnerability in livelihoods of craftspeople have to design not towards a pre-determined set of desirable economic outcomes, but include social and cultural outcomes. Using empirical examination of designer narratives as base, this article extends constructivist STS concepts of “cultures of technology” to “cultures of design” to elaborate three lenses to analyze design practice: Intervention, which focuses on the economic impact of development; Interaction that focuses on symmetric social relations between actors, within socio-technical ensembles that respond to nascent aspirations and needs of craftspeople; and Mediation, which includes constructing cultural worlds where craftspeople's expertise is common knowledge—as active producers of culture, rather than passive consumers of design.

scholarly journals Apostle Paul's Fundraising Economic Theory of Savings and Social Change

2020 ◽  
pp. 274-280
Author(s):  
Iddrisu Adam Shaibu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Change ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Fund Raising ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
Fundraising Strategies ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Jewish Christians

This article critically explores the idea of savings from the New Testament perspective, particularly, using the Pauline fundraising strategy. It argues that the direction given by Apostle Paul regarding the fundraising of the Gentile Christians constitute an informal economic theory of savings. Content analysis was used in reviewing relevant literature for the study. It was established that the directions Paul gave to the Gentile Christians regarding the fund raising constitute informal savings principles. Additionally, Pauline fundraising strategies was eschatological and relational in nature. The paper concludes that Paul’s fundraising was centered on three concepts namely, generosity, gratitude and mission. In this regard, Paul’s fundraising economic theory had the sole aim of bringing social change in the lives of the Jewish Christians.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document