A groundbreaking account of America's role in global capitalism
Sam Gindin is the former Research Director of the Canadian
Autoworkers Union and Packer Visiting Chair in Social Justice at
York University. Among his many publications, he is the author
(with Greg Albo and Leo Panitch) of In and Out of Crisis: The
Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives.
Leo Panitch is Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political
Economy and Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science
at York University. Editor of The Socialist Register for 25 years,
his many books include Working Class Politics in Crisis, A
Different Kind of State, The End of Parliamentary Socialism, and
American Empire and The Political Economy of Global Finance.
Lucid and indispensable guides to the history and practice of
American Empire.
*Naomi Klein, award-winning journalist and author of The Shock
Doctrine*
It's the best left look at the U.S. empire I've seen. The picture
of the U.S. as having the long-term dynamism and coherence of the
global system 'front of mind', as the biz types say, makes far more
sense than, say, the Chomskyism that pervades much of the left.
They have few rivals and no betters in analyzing the relations
between politics and economics, between globalization and American
power, between theory and quotidian reality, and between crisis and
political possibility.
*Doug Henwood, editor and publisher of Left Business
Observer*
Combining the ferocity of investigative reporters, sophisticated
skills in interpreting the historical archive, and a profound grasp
of theory, Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin provide an astonishingly
illuminating account of the making of global capitalism through the
organization of a global financial system under US hegemony since
World War II. If we are, as it seems, destined to live under the
dictatorship of the world's central bankers then it is vital for
everyone to know how this came about and what the current fault
lines might be that hold out prospects for strong anti-capitalist
struggles to emerge. A must read for everyone who is concerned
about where the future of capitalism might lie.
*David Harvey, CUNY Graduate Center, author of A Brief History
of Neoliberalism*
Bringing new understanding to the dominant global role of the
United States from World War I onward in business and economic
policymaking, The Making of Global Capitalism advances an original
perspective on the forces that have created our current epoch of
neoliberal globalization. This is a major work in political
economy-rigorously researched, compellingly written, and bursting
with fresh insights on nearly every page.
*Robert Pollin, Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the
Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of
Massachusetts-Amherst*
Panitch and Gindin give us a history of global capitalism that
brings together what has often been represented as unconnected. The
authors help us see the active making of global capitalism mostly
overlooked in mainstream explanation. A great book.
*Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia
University and author of Territory, Authority, Rights*
Left-leaning intellectuals examine the exceptional role of the
United States in the development of global capitalism ... .[a]
densely detailed work.
*Kirkus Reviews*
Sweeping, timely, and well-researched study of global capitalism
... compelling.
*Publishers Weekly*
Deep, profound, and rich ... a truly epoch work that deserves
careful, deliberate reading. Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin have so
much to offer as we deliberate about the paths to follow for
empowerment and meaningful change.
*Mimi Rosenberg, host of Building Bridges on WBAI*
A real tonic both theoretically and, especially, politically.
Panitch and Gindin have a deep understanding of historical
materialism-their analysis is concrete and always anchored to
advancing class struggle as an epistemic as well as a political
project
*Adolph Reed, professor of political science, University of
Pennsylvania*
[G]ives an excellent history of capitalism and compares how modern
capitalism in America has set the stage for the acceptance of
global capitalism ... one of the best books I've read on the
topic.
*Book Bargains and Previews*
A meticulous history of how the American state, in conjunction with
Wall Street, developed the institutional conditions that made
global capitalism possible.
*Infoshop News*
A masterful century-long history of US corporate activity and state
economic strategy. Insofar as capitalist states are where class
interests are codified, their spicy reading of dry officialdom's
milquetoast narratives is absolutely vital to our knowledge about
power. Most valuable are the ways these Canadians set out
anti-capitalist principles and critiques of reformism, and defend
socialist aspirations. In perhaps no other site in the
English-speaking academic world are such committed, principled and
generous leaders so warmly received by colleagues and students, and
more importantly, by workers and communities in struggle. This
means taking with utmost seriousness both their analysis and
strategy, for even if they do not always jump the gap perfectly, no
one I know has a better working model.
*Red Pepper*
Readers should avail themselves of Professors Leo Panitch and his
colleague Sam Gindin's excellent researching and insightful
analysis, as well as their readable description and explanation of
how the money part of the US empire works or doesn't. Serious
activists will learn: these authors teach the how and why of the
world's capitalist economic system.
*Counterpunch*
Organize[d] .. Focused ... a confrontation with financial
institutions that must be re-created as instruments of economic
coordination and social welfare.
*Book News*
There is little doubt that The Making of Global Capitalism will
soon establish itself as a benchmark text on the history of global
capitalism during the 20th century ... Panitch and Gindin survey
global capitalism from its head office so to speak, in order to
follow a train of decisions and actions which they contend
demonstrate precisely how global capitalism is-and indeed can only
be-the logical result of the organization and operation of a new
form of American empire.
*Canadian Journal of Political Science*
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