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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: BOOKMARKS (5 Nov. 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1905192533
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905192533
  • Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 2.3 x 21.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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"This book needs to be read far and wide. It is a clear, incisive warning of the massive dangers posed by a clear, incisive warning of the massive danges posed by a "runaway system" and the threat it poses for the future of humanity." Gram Turner, author of "The Credit Crunch"
"Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the presentday crisis and its place in the history of capitalism." Alex Callinicos, author of "Bonfire of Illusions"
""Zombie Capitalism" is both timely and hugely valuable. . . . This book is an essential read."Socialist Review
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Chris Harman (19422009) was the editor of the" International Socialism" and the author of numerous books, including "A Peoples History of the World" (Verso)." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Runaway System
By Diziet on 2 July 2010
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Chris Harman's 'Zombie Capitalism' is a closely argued, fully referenced and indexed indictment of Capitalism from it's inception in the late 18th century up to today's current crises.

It starts with a general but detailed round up of Marx's concepts: commodities, labour value, surplus value etc. There then follows a comparison of Marx's ideas with those of his critics - neoclassical, Keynsian and Marxist variations.

Once this grounding is complete, and he has demonstrated the appropriateness of using Marx's analytical tools, he moves on to a discussion of how Capitalism works. This is a fairly generalised approach but lays the foundations for later chapters.

Once these basics are out of the way, Harman moves on to consider how Capitalism has developed since Marx's time and whether Capitalism has moved beyond useful Marxist analysis. He shows, pretty convincingly to my mind, that it has not and that a Marxist approach can still shed considerable light on the workings of the system.

Following on from that, he considers the role of the state. It is clear that states are deeply involved in not just maintaining Capitalism but as active participants. Even in these days of international or transnational corporations, Harman shows how rooted 'capitals' are in the nation state. In this, he echoes Alex Callinicos. Suggestions that nation states have outlived their usefulness are clearly false. However, the state is not simply a provider of currencies, rules, regulations, copyright protection, worker maintenance etc. but is also an active participant in the Capitalist enterprise.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsExplaining the crisis yet again
By Bob Lloyd on 5 Nov. 2009
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Chris Harman's book Zombie Capitalism is like a breath of fresh air amongst all the establishment writings on capitalism and the latest crisis. While they look upon capitalism as a recalcitrant child that won't behave itself, that keeps throwing unexpected tantrums, Harman shows in great detail how the behaviour of modern capitalism is inevitably driven by the need to accumulate, and to deal with the inherent tendency of the rate of profit to fall. And it's not as if that is news even to right wing economists - they've seen the effects, they've seen the figures. But to countenance the labour theory of value, to acknowledge that capitalism doesn't tend to equilibrium but to crisis, is political anathema. Instead they acknowledge amongst themselves that they can't explain what's going on. Their economic theories do not explain either the post-war boom, nor the falling rate of profit, nor the role of the state as capitalist, nor many other things.

Harman presents Marx's concepts of capitalism, explains the labour theory of value and the tendency of the rate of profit to fall. He explains how capitalism has responded historically to the declining rate by increasing exploitation both within a country and abroad. He shows how the drive to accumulate led to imperialism and how the role of the state as mediator in the struggle between classes has developed into being a major capitalist power in its own right.

Harman looks at the evidence behind the claims of neoliberalism to address the crisis of profitability and shows how far from showing progress, the crisis of profitability has worsened over the last thirty years.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsUp to a point, Mr Marx
By John Fletcher on 4 July 2011
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The vast majority of books attempting to explain the financial crisis of the last few years have done so by reference to the greed, stupidity and criminal behaviour of the individuals mostly responsible. Few would deny that these are important causes of the crisis, but even right-wing authors have become uncomfortably aware that the problems must go beyond just the behaviour of individuals, and have started to wonder whether there isn't something fundamentally wrong and unstable about the whole system.
This is not exactly a new idea: one Karl Marx is the best known proponent of the view that the system would eventually eat itself. To be fair though, many more recent economists (including Keynes who comes in for some unduly harsh criticism in this book) were well aware of the instability of capitalism, but believed that government regulation could keep its wilder excesses under control. But for those who want a pure Marxist interpretation of recent events, which provides a coherent and largely convincing argument, it would be hard to do better than Mr Harman's book. Its great strength is that it provides a clear and detailed theoretical framework, and applies it rigorously to the whole of modern economic history up to the present day.
This is also the problem, because Mr Harman wants to relate absolutely everything to the Marxist concepts of surplus value and capital accumulation. Often the argument is convincing, but sometimes it seems merely reductionist. For example, one of the author's concerns (he was a member of the Socialist Workers' Party) was to apply the same critical framework to the Soviet Union, which he regards as equally "capitalist" in the technical sense.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsLOVE IT BUT WHERE CAN I ACTUALLY GET A COPY???

But I didn't actually receive my copy!! I love it base on the sections I was able to read online ......

Published 13 months ago by Karen Williams
5.0 out of 5 starsA magnificent acheivement.

This book has had many excellent reviews and quite rightly so. I can add very little to them. I will say this however, Chris Harman has demonstrated that the work of Karl Marx can... Read more

Published on 28 Nov. 2013 by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat depth and detail

This book was an excellent resource for me. It took in a brief history of economics and discussed the various views of Marx, Smith etc and took me right up to the present day... Read more

Published on 5 Oct. 2012 by davjac
4.0 out of 5 starsA proper Marxist analysis

I have political differences with the SWP but this is a very decent book. I like how Harman explains the crisis carefully and methodically, with a section on Marx's methods used at... Read more

Published on 14 July 2012 by Shatakan
3.0 out of 5 starsA marxist intrpretation of the financial crisis

The recent financial crisis has elicited a cataclysmic plethora of books but few that try to explain it from a Marxist standpoint. This book does just that. Read more

Published on 9 Mar. 2011 by K. Chlouverakis
5.0 out of 5 starsZombie Capitalism

Essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the current problems in the world including: Economic crises and ecological crises. Well written, concise, deserving of an award.

Published on 14 May 2010 by James Ross

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