Utsa Patnaik est une économiste marxiste indienne dont le travail explore la transition des sociétés agraires et majoritairement paysannes vers des sociétés industrielles, en examinant ce processus tant historiquement que dans l'Inde contemporaine. Ses recherches abordent de manière critique les questions de sécurité alimentaire et de pauvreté. Les analyses de Patnaik offrent des perspectives profondes sur les structures socio-économiques et les défis auxquels sont confrontées les nations en développement. Elle apporte une perspective essentielle sur les mécanismes économiques et leurs conséquences 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.