Utsa Patnaik es una economista marxista india cuyo trabajo profundiza en la transición de las sociedades agrarias y predominantemente campesinas a las industriales, examinando este proceso tanto históricamente como en la India contemporánea. Su investigación aborda críticamente cuestiones de seguridad alimentaria y pobreza. Los análisis de Patnaik ofrecen profundas perspectivas sobre las estructuras socioeconómicas y los desafíos que enfrentan las naciones en desarrollo. Proporciona una perspectiva vital sobre los mecanismos económicos y sus consecuencias sociales.
Those who control the world's commanding economic heights, buttressed by the theories of mainstream economists, presume that capitalism is a self-contained and self-generating system. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this pathbreaking book-winner of the Paul A. Baran-Paul M. Sweezy Memorial Award
The book presents selected writings from Karl Marx's Kapital, focusing on the agrarian question and its relationship with capital and ground rent. It delves into Marx's analysis of agricultural production, land ownership, and the economic implications of rent on agrarian societies. Through these excerpts, readers gain insight into Marx's critique of capitalism and its effects on rural economies, highlighting the struggles between labor, land, and capital in the context of social and economic dynamics.
A concise theory of historical and contemporary imperialism based on the prices of agricultural products and their movement from the underdeveloped to the developed world.