[p2p-research] Can Marxian Economics Explain the Crisis?

[Christian Siefkes]

Ryan wrote:
> John Quiggin wonders if anyone has constructed "a distinctively Marxian
> analysis of the current crisis":
[...]
> Can anyone recommend a
> distinctively Marxian analysis of the current crisis?

Some additional Marxist views:

- Overview article of the English-language discussion: Choonara, Joseph
  (2009): Marxist accounts of the current crisis, in: International
  Socialism. A quarterly journal of socialist theory, H.123/June. Online:
  http://www.isj.org.uk/?id=557

- McNally, David: From Financial Crisis to World-Slump: Accumulation,
  Financialisation, and the Global Slowdown Historical Materialism, Volume
  17, Number 2, 2009 , pp. 35-83(49). An earlier and shorter version is
  available online:
http://sites.google.com/site/marxandthefinancialcrisis/mcnallydec2008/McNallyDec2008rev.pdf.
  The final version apparently isn't, but I can send a PDF to anybody
  interested.

- Interview with Robert Brenner:
http://www.stuetzle.in-berlin.de/2009/02/interview-mit-robert-brenner-zur-gegenwartigen-krise/
  (only the first sentence is in German, the interview is in English).

- Wolff, Richard D. (2009): Capitalism Hits the Fan. The Global Economic
  Meltdown and What to Do It, Northampton/MA. The book is apparently not
  online, but there is also a video that is:
  http://rethinkingmarxism.org/cms/node/1198

There also is a rich German-language discussion, but I'm afraid that won't
help you?

Best regards
	Christian

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