ASAC PUBLICATIONS

The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation and a Theory of Labor-Shortage Business Cycles

Editors: Lorenzo Fusaro, Leinad Johan Alcalá Sandoval
Contributing Authors: Rossana Cillo, Luis Docoa, Roberto Fineschi, Abelardo Mariña, Lorenzo Fusaro, Carlos Duque, Sergio Cámara, Matari Pierre Manigat, Lucía Pradella, William I. Robinson; Italia Pineda, Leinad Alcalá
Editorial: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 978-1793638236
Year: 2022

Summary
This edited collection addresses the concept of Marx’s general law of capitalist accumulation, examines the relevance and topicality of Marx’s propositions for the analysis of contemporary capitalism in Latin America and beyond. The authors offer an original and up-to-date interpretation, while examining important political economy issues. The collaborators contribute critical insight to scholarly debates on imperialism, exploitation, labor and development.

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Coronavirus, global depression and systemic crisis

Editors: Sergio Cámara Izquierdo, Lorenzo Fusaro, Abelardo Mariña Flores
Contributing Authors: Abelardo Mariña, Lorenzo Fusaro, Sergio Cámara, Arturo Guillén, Noemy Levy, Rosa Garavito, Patricia Pozos, Carlos Salas, Adam Fabry, Matari Pierre Manigat, Carlos Nuñez, Violeta Nuñez, Oscar Ugarteche, Alejandro Álvarez, Éricka Carcaño, Gustavo Esteva, José Gandarilla, María García Bravo, Daniela Castro, Juan Santarcángelo, Rubens Sawaya, Gregorio Vidal, Samuel Ortiz, Victoria Stadheim, Juan Pablo Mateo, Antonio Elías, Daniela Bernal, Alan Olguín, Jessica Veloz, Monika Meireles, Ricardo Patiño, Miguel Gómez, Carlos Mario Correa, Antonio Mendoza
Editorial: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco,
ISBN: 978-607-28-2288-7
Year: 2021

Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus has radically disrupted the global economic, social, and political landscape in a process that has yet to end. The circumstances of this context prompt reflection on planetary devastation, as stated in the recent United Nations document: “When we destroy and degrade biodiversity, we undermine the web of life and increase the risk of diseases spreading from wildlife to people.”

This collection of articles delves into the causes of the pandemic and its relationship to the limitless expansion of capitalist accumulation to the detriment of human beings and their environment, as well as the long-term consequences of the economic crisis and its political implications within each nation and across global geopolitics.

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The Contradictory Nature of Contemporary Capitalism: Essays in Political Economy

Editor: Sergio Cámara Izquierdo
Contributing Authors: Sergio Cámara, Abelardo Mariña, Lorenzo Fusaro, Miguel Ángel Barrios, Jaime Gonzáles, Rosa Garavito, María Josefa Montalvo
Editorial: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Azcapotzalco
ISBN: 978-607-28-1813-2
Year: 2020

Summary
In this book, readers will find theoretical analyses of the process of capitalist accumulation that are not disconnected from the applied and empirical analysis of contemporary capitalism. The essays present recent research results on various topics related to the contemporary analysis of capital accumulation, highlighting the specificities of its currently contradictory nature. The book ranges from abstract analyses that address the analysis of the capital accumulation process in closed accumulation spaces to more concrete analyses of capital accumulation on both the international and national scales. For readers eager for current and cutting-edge analyses of contemporary capitalism from the perspective of Marxist political economy, this book is a must-have.

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Rate of profit, long waves and profitability crisis

Autor: Jaime González Martínez
Editorial: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco,
ISBN: 978-607-28-2288-7
Year: 2012

Summary

This work focuses on the association of the theory of the downward trend in the general rate of profit with the so-called structural crisis of profitability and the period of slow growth of recent decades. Within this context of emblematic transformations, explanatory hypotheses are presented regarding the financial crisis that began in 2007 and the current European sovereign debt crisis.

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