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SUMMARY:Introduction to Marxist Political Economy - Professor Ben Fine\, S
 chool of African and Oriental Studies\, University of London
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CONTACT:marco schneebalg
DESCRIPTION:As part of the "NOT in the curriculum" series\, the Cambridge 
 Society for Economic Pluralism presents an introduction to Socialist Econo
 mics presented by Professor Ben Fine\, Professor of Economics at the Schoo
 l of African and Oriental Studies\, University of London.\n\nProf. Ben Fin
 e is the author of a number of works in the broad tradition of Marxist eco
 nomics\, and has made contributions on economic imperialism and social cap
 ital. His most significant book to date is: Marx's 'Capital' 5th ed. (2010
 )\, widely recognised as one of the best introduction to Marx's Economics.
  He most recently co-authored "From Economics Imperialism to Freakonomics:
  The Shifting Boundaries Between Economics and Other Social Sciences" and 
 serves on the Social Science Research Committee of the UK's Food Standards
  Agency. He took his doctorate in economics at the London School of Econom
 ics\, under the supervision of Amartya Sen. He was professor at Birkbeck\,
  University of London and the University of Cambridge.\n\nMarxist economic
 s is preoccupied with the development and crises of modern capitalist soci
 eties broadly conceived -including not only those aspects usually thought 
 of as economic but also such issues as individual and social alienation\, 
 the evolution of industrial organization\, the politics of social policy\,
  the social composition of the unemployed as well as those in labor market
 s\, imperialism\, and so on. Within the framework of these broader interes
 ts\, using methodologies which bring out social and political dimensions\,
  Marxian economics studies all the usual topics of economics: labor market
 s\, macroeconomics\, the behavior of the firm\, technological change\, com
 merce and trade and so on\, at both the national and international levels.
  However\, unlike mainstream economics which is designed to contribute to 
 the management and perpetuation of capitalism\, Marxian economics theorize
 s and attempts to contribute to the transcendence of the current social or
 der by elaborating a critical theory of both the limits of capitalism and 
 the forces which tend to push beyond it. While also useful in analysing th
 e dynamics and contradictions of 20th Century "socialist" economies\, Marx
 ian economics rejects utopian projections about alternatives to capitalism
  in favor of focusing on the social conflicts undermining it and building 
 potential elements of post-capitalist society.\n\nTo learn more: http://rd
 wolff.com/content/marxian-economics-intensive-introduction\nhttp://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Marxian_economics
LOCATION:Little Hall Sidgwick Site
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