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These are comments on David McNally's 2024 David Gordon Memorial Lecture. In this response, I point to the immanent critique present in Professor McNally's remarks. I then show the potential usefulness of immanent critique for an engagement with neoclassical economics, and I consider the consequences for Marxist economics of characterizing the critique of political economy as a critical theory of economic categories. JEL Classification : B14, B51, B24 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This brief note concentrates solely on a section of the first part of The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy, specifically "Karl Marx on 'Production' Labour." I discuss several issues: Mazzucato's understanding of Marx's distinction between productive and unproductive labor (henceforth PUPL), her terminological vagueness and mistakes, and some inaccurate bibliographic and factual information. JEL Classification : B0, B5, P1 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Marx's labor theory of value has often been criticized by environmentalists, ecological economists, and even leftist theorists. They argue that Marx infinitely exalts the contribution of labor to value for the purpose of celebrating the working class, without reserving any place for nature in his theory of value and without recognizing the intrinsic value of nature. This critique portrays Marx as an anthropocentrist and a speciesist. In fact, this prejudice against Marx is based on a misunderstanding of his labor theory of value. First, Marx's labor theory of value reveals the dual properties of value and its various sources; it regards nature and labor (concrete labor) as the source of all wealth. Second, Marx's labor theory of value reveals how capitalist production causes the dual alienation of man and nature as well as the problem of irreversible environmental degradation. Finally, the labor theory of value helps us understand Marx's path of ecological liberation aimed at abolishing capitalism's alienating labor and value system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The firm-level rate of profit and the average rates of profit by industry play a central role in the study of intra-and-inter industry real competition. There has been a relatively lack of empirical research about competition and distribution of profit rates, especially for peripheral countries. This article estimates the distribution of profit rates among and within industries in Colombia and interprets those results in light of the Marxist economic theory. The econometrical methodology relies on non-parametric techniques (kernel density estimations) employing firm-level data from the 4963 biggest firms in the country in 2018. The main results are: first, a significant dispersion in the firm-level profit rates as well as in the average profit rates across industries; second, a non-normal uni-modal tent-shape distribution for the general firm-level rates of profit as well as for the distribution of profit rates in the majority of industries; third, negative profit rates as a structural feature of profit rate distribution at both: general and sectoral levels; fourth, in comparison with interest rates, the firms exhibit low profitability: 60.5% of the firms yielded profit rates below the average deposit interest rate. Grosso modo, those findings are congruent with Marxist economic theory but not with other economic paradigms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The building of a theory of money consistent with the Marxian theory of value has been a recurring issue in Marxian economics. A satisfactory solution consists in the articulation of key aspects of the "monetary circuit theory" with the Marxian commodity theory, separating the monetary sphere from value, and at the same time providing a Marxist critique of the circuit theory, which reformulates crucial aspects thereof. Money is thus conceived as a particular relation that, in its basic form, enables the appropriation of commodities. Money further deploys several and more complex functions in the capitalist system: it realizes value; it enables the sharing of production between wages and surplus-value; it allows for the accumulation of capital in its various forms; and it organizes production among other functions. Additionally, the combination of such theory of money with the main theoretical categories of the Marxian approach satisfactorily explain certain phenomena, such as private and public indebtedness, taxes, public spending, and crises. For example, while the conclusions regarding public spending are similar to those of previous approaches that consider it as a complementary way of realizing value, the monetary approach modifies the standard Marxian view of taxes as a direct appropriation of surplus-value to focus instead on its function of removing money from circulation. Public debt, in turn, is still posited as a form of worker exploitation, by means of a series of chained effects on public spending, tax revenue, and money endowments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using the philosophies of Louis Althusser and István Mészáros, this article seeks to interpret Marx's theory of the transformation of value into price based on a philosophical view that emphasizes both the base/superstructure dialectic (Althusser) and alienation under capitalism (Mészáros). According to the logic of dialectical materialism, the economic base of the capitalist mode of production is determined by a historical dialectic (alienated labor) that produces an unsolvable contradiction with the capitalist imperatives of the superstructure. The alienation of the workers is perpetuated through their active subordination to the ideal and material power of the capitalist superstructure (including its ideal "law of value" which postulates the domination of exchange value over use value). They are led to believe that the profit-embedded prices of the commodities they produce have nothing to do with them. The illusion is that these prices are decided by an abstract "free market." In reality, the laborers, due to their alienation, contribute directly to the formation of these prices by allowing the capitalists to freely compete with each other by lowering their respective "price of production." There can be no profitable prices under capitalism without the contradictory condition of alienation perpetuated by the ideal power of the superstructure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is widely acknowledged that the dangerously low birth rate threatens China's future socio-economic stability. The existing literature typically regards China's population crisis as a natural development trend, attributes it to family planning policies, or associates it with particular social, economic, and cultural conditions. Drawing from the social reproduction theory of feminist political economy, we develop a more encompassing analytical framework for China's population crisis. We contend that the overarching context of China's population crisis is the institutional transition from a balanced socialist social reproduction regime to an unsustainable developmentalist one. China's employment structure is crucial to the structure of its social reproduction regime. Specifically, the formal economic sector facilitates a more accessible distribution of social reproduction cost for working-class families that maintains their willingness and ability to have children. Using provincial-level panel data from 1990 to 2021 and the General Method of Moments regression technique, we find positive, significant, and robust correlations between China's formal sector employment and birth rate. These findings suggest that effective policies addressing China's population crisis should focus on expanding the formal sector employment, expanding the social welfare system, and regulating the informal sectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is based on panel data from 266 cities in China from 2009 to 2020. Classical economics theory and Marxist political economy theory are used as the theoretical basis for the study. Static spatial Durbin model regression and dynamic spatial Durbin model regression are conducted to analyze the impact of education investment on carbon dioxide emissions. The results show that education investment can significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions, not only through spatial spillover effects, but also through dynamic effects over time. The implementation of education investment in one city can have a positive impact on surrounding cities, thereby achieving a certain degree of reduction in carbon emissions. Additionally, the inhibitory effect of education investment on carbon emissions is more significant in the short term. Furthermore, the study found that there is significant heterogeneity in the effect of education investment on carbon dioxide emissions between northern and southern cities, with education investment in southern cities having a more significant effect. This may be related to the industrial structure and climate of southern cities. The conclusions of this study provide useful reference for the development of education policies and environmental protection policies. In the future, the government can increase education investment appropriately to achieve the goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. And research has shown that education investment can suppress carbon emissions by influencing changes in energy and industrial structures. Therefore, when using measures to reduce emissions in education investment, we can focus on these two aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital platforms are becoming an important factor in the process of reconfiguration and commodification of social reproduction during the neoliberal phase of capitalism. Developing a theoretical framework merging social reproduction theory and migrant labour regimes, this article argues that the introduction of digital platforms in the care sector is facilitating the expansion of precarised commodification of reproductive activities in a context of social care crisis. Through a mixed-method analysis, combining desk-based research with in-depth interviews of digital care platform work in Spain, the study examines the migrant labour regime of digital care platforms and how they take advantage of the international division of labour and global care chains to further exploit a highly precarious, informalised, feminised and racialised workforce. Our findings reveal that platforms use technology to rapidly access a reserve labour army, thus extracting more surplus value by restricting access to information, controlling the intermediation process and further fragmenting the workforce in reproductive activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the final chapter of Law's Rule, his recently published tour de force on the nature, value, and viability of the rule of law, Gerald Postema defends the desirability, possibility, and actuality of an international rule of law. I contend that his attempt to defend the latter two claims fall short of what is needed, focusing in this essay on his argument for the possibility of a rule of law beyond state borders. Postema moves quickly from an argument for the existence and efficacy of international law to the conclusion that an international rule of law is no pious wish. Yet as I explain, the refutation of rule-skepticism does not suffice to refute rule of law skepticism. Indeed, I demonstrate that Postema misconstrues the most interesting and plausible challenge to an international rule of law he considers, namely the economic analysis of international law, and consequently his response misses the mark. The economic account of how international law works, together with those developed by TWAIL scholars and Marxist theorists of international law, pose far greater challenges to the possibility of an international rule of law than those Postema considers, as each offers a plausible explanation for why any attempt to realize that ideal is doomed to fail. To address these challenges, theorists should look to Postema's discussion of the institutions and culture that foster fidelity to the rule of law, rather than his remarks on a global rule of law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The last decade has seen a renaissance of feminist political economy studies centred on the concept of 'social reproduction'. These aim at studying global capitalism from the vantage‐point of what produces and sustains life, expanding the social boundaries of processes and subjects analysed in political economy. Contributing to this research agenda, the special issue we present in this Introduction explores the Social Reproduction of Agrarian Change. Building on the contributions comprising this collection, we argue that the study of agrarian change through social reproduction enables us to de‐invisibilise processes of life‐making behind agrarian transformations in three distinct ways. First, the lens of social reproduction enables us to better grasp the regeneration of 'classes of labour' in rural areas; gender processes of de‐agrarianisation and their implications for livelihoods; and centre reproductive labour within and beyond the household ‐ across spaces and temporalities ‐ as central to life in the countryside. Secondly, this lens also allows us to complicate the land question beyond productivist readings, explore its significance for life in rural settings, and multiply the agrarian questions of our times, whose histories and trajectories must grapple with debates on economic justice. Finally, the study of the social reproduction of agrarian change also provides us with a novel vantage point to read the formation and reorganisation of complex global geographies of the rural, their relation to crises of social reproduction and the ability to redraw the urban–rural divide. All contributions in this issue insightfully advance debates on methods in social reproduction analysis. The study of the agrarian lifeworlds analysed here also contributes significantly to social reproduction debates. It challenges rigid dichotomies between the 'productive' and 'reproductive'. It problematises the households as a unit of analysis and sets land as central to planetary debates on crises of social reproduction and their resolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper adopts a novel Social Reproduction feminist approach to re‐evaluate the Soviet experience of industrialization within the context of global research on primitive accumulation. I analyse the first Five‐Year Plan as a unique process of 'primitive Soviet accumulation,' focusing on the Zhenotdel collectivization campaign and the often‐overlooked role of Zhenotdel peasant women delegates [krestyanki delegatki]. The study explores their involvement in peasant women's revolts against collectivization, emphasizing the significance of these events for the Zhenotdel's emancipatory programme in the village. Considering class as a social relation to the conditions of life's reproduction, I demonstrate: (1) how primitive Soviet accumulation reshaped the gendered metabolic relationship between land and labour during the first Five‐Year Plan and (2) yet, the allocation of surplus into the expanded Soviet state apparatus laid the foundation for the distinctive Soviet mother–worker gender contract and social citizenship model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article elaborates the connections between women's roles in household and community social reproduction and their leadership in resistance against land dispossession. Drawing on interviews with women land activists in two rural provinces, situated in south and central Cambodia, it examines the beliefs and processes of meaning‐making underpinning women's activism against state‐sanctioned land acquisitions through an examination of the symbols, discourses and imaginaries of land, home and social reproductive labour that embed their struggles. It argues that rural women's resistance makes visible gendered moral economies—moored to agrarian social relations and shaped by the modalities of social reproduction—that legitimate contestation against state‐sanctioned land dispossession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork at the Lebanese‐Syrian border, this article analyses the gendered economy of debt among Syrian farmworkers in shawish camps, which have for decades supplied the largest and lowest paid seasonal labour force within Lebanon's food system. In turn, it traces how debt relations in these camps expanded as hundreds of thousands of Syrians sought long‐term refuge in Lebanon throughout the war in Syria (2011 to present). Revisiting classic and contemporary agrarian questions of debt from a feminist social reproduction perspective, the article charts how this debt system ultimately deepened the burdens of feminized work in the fields and in the home. Emblematic of debt's 'reproductive binds', these camps offer broader insights into how debt reconfigures gendered and generational divisions of labour within displaced agricultural families—and how these conditions are negotiated, contested and reproduced in daily life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article conducts an in-depth analysis of key trends in Marxist dependency theory, emphasising its core principles. The central theme is the concept of subimperialism and its significant influence on Brazil's global strategy during the Workers' Party (PT) administrations from 2003 to 2016. Despite widespread discussion of subimperialism, there remains a notable lack of critical examination. This study addresses this gap by engaging with and critically analysing the seminal texts that link Brazil's foreign policy to subimperialism. The research involves a detailed review, critical discussion, and thorough analysis of these pivotal texts, aiming to deepen understanding of the topic. The primary hypothesis challenges the adequacy of the subimperialism framework for categorising Brazil's foreign policy during the specified timeframe, also arguing that some aspects of the systemic perspective inherent in the concept does not align with the actual material conditions of the contemporary global order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The coeditors of this Festschrift sent three questions to a number of Jack Amariglio's interlocutors to explore the circumstances in which their paths have crossed with Jack's and how that encounter has influenced them. In this exchange, Bruce Norton recalls Jack Amariglio's solidarity work at the graduate school (Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst) and with Rethinking Marxism. He offers a case for reading Jack Amariglio's writings on Marxism as an immanent critique, a postmodern Marxian encounter with modernist Marxian economics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This document is an abstract of articles published in the Review of Radical Political Economics. The first article examines the rise of "Guard Labor" in the United States, which refers to occupations focused on labor extraction. The second article discusses the concept of "masstige," or luxury for the masses, and its economic implications. The third article presents the concept of profit on alienation as a source of profit in capitalist economies. The fourth article analyzes Marx's account of technical progress and its criticisms. The fifth article explores the relationship between the money rate of interest and aggregate investment spending. The document also includes a book review and announcements. [Extracted from the article]

• New panel dataset of Marxist variables for 43 countries from 2000 to 2014. • Dataset includes rates of surplus value, composition of capital, shares of productive activity, and profit rates for the global economy. • The paper tests Marx's hypotheses on economic development at the world level. • Marx was right at the global level: capital intensity rises faster than exploitation rate, and the global profit rate declines. • Productive capital relocated to China, and unproductive activity increased in developed countries. We assess Marx's hypotheses about capitalist development on a global scale by constructing a new dataset of Marxist variables (profit rates, exploitation rates, composition of capital, and shares of productive activity) for 43 major economies, derived from world input-output data and national accounts in the 2000–2014 period. Consistent with Marx's hypotheses, the average profit rate declines at the world level, between countries, and within countries. The global rate of exploitation increases until 2008 but stagnates after the financial crisis, while capital intensity continued to increase. At the cross-country level, rich countries became increasingly dominated by unproductive activity. China absorbed much of the world's productive activity and kept the labor share of value added roughly constant at the world level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article sets out to extend the core ideas of social reproduction theory (SRT), an increasingly influential strand of scholarship within and beyond critical geopolitical economy. It suggests that while SRT productively addresses longstanding debates within Marxist feminism, it has yet to adequately theorize the shifting spatialities of reproductive work and the relationship between social reproduction and the state. To address this relative weakness, this article stages a dialogue between SRT and the emergent neo-Lefebvrian literature on state space and the multiscalar geographies of capitalist urbanization. The primary claim at stake in this context is that reproductive work is periodically and systematically reorganized and re-spatialized in relation to the broader crisis dynamics of capital, and the reweaving of the urban fabric; and, moreover, that this process of reorganization and re-spatialization is profoundly mediated, managed, and canalized by state spatial practices. To concretize this theorization, this article closes with a brief historical reading of US imperial expansion and urbanization between roughly 1898 and 1925. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human reproduction is increasingly marketised with technologies that alter the traditional parameters of parenthood and childbirth, casting doubt on the legitimacy of the premises of biological foundationalism. This conceptual paper explores the sociology of markets by conceptualising the emergence of the reproductive tourism market in China as the outcome of institutional work. Drawing on a historical trajectory that extends from the Maoist era to the Reformation and Post-reformation era, we demonstrate how the reproductive tourism market emerges as a result of a combination of historical, political, socio-cultural forces, epitomising a social process of market development. This study demonstrates how technology and the proliferation of consumer culture have transformed parenthood in China into a new form of conspicuous consumption, and addresses a relatively infrequently studied topic in current marketing literature, the nexus of geneticized markets and consumer culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This analysis of three in vitro fertilisation (IVF) memoirs, by Pamela Tsigdinos, Miriam Zoll and Jessica Hepburn asks what can be gleaned through this literary genre about the singular consumer journey around in vitro fertilisation experiences and 'IVF survivorship'. I endeavour to show how these critical narratives serve to a) promote fertility awareness and education among consumers; b) showcase infertility as a feminist issue; and c) represent crucial sources of reproductive activism in the context of assisted reproductive technology (ART), markets and consumption. Overall, I demonstrate how the IVF memoir, an overlooked genre of 'life writing', is one that has much to teach marketing scholars about unpredictable consumption trajectories, consumer self-transformation and embodied health activism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This document is a book review of "Advanced Introduction to Marxism and Human Geography" by Kevin R. Cox. The book provides an overview of Marx's "Capital" and explores its relevance to human geography. It is divided into two parts, with the first introducing key concepts from Marx's work and the second discussing the application of Marx's ideas to geography. The book is aimed at graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and researchers familiarizing themselves with the field. While the book has strengths in its clear explanations and connections to present-day examples, it also has drawbacks, such as the lack of detailed references and the author's occasional subjective statements. Overall, the book can serve as a helpful introduction and commentary on the topic for geography students. [Extracted from the article]

What are the processes and consequences of markets reaching deeper into social reproduction? How do these developments, in the context of Europeanisation underpinned by neoliberalisation and transnationalisation, compel labour mobility? To consider these questions we apply social reproduction theory and the framework of uneven and combined accumulation of capital in Europe to the analysis of the UK, Poland and Ukraine and their food production, housing construction and care provision sectors. We explore how transformations, in these three countries interconnected by labour mobilities and in these three domains key to social reproduction, not only affect the industries that supply food, housing and care, but, crucially, redraw the contours of social reproduction. Theorising social reproduction as a continuum of market, state and household provisioning, we outline its transformation within the specific constellation of Europeanisation and delineate how mobility is both propelled by and advances market-reach into food, housing and care. We argue that market-driven transnational social reproduction is constituted by contradictions stemming from the deepening subordination of reproductive labour to the law of value, progressively depriving households of the promise of prosperity - a complex process that is made visible by our feminist critique of political economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current research on Engels' and Marx's early economic studies often neglects the language and geographical differences between Engels and Marx which directly lead to the disparity between them in political economy. This study, based on MEGA2, finds that before the collaboration with Marx, Engels, with his proficiency in English, studied plenty of first-hand English literature on political economy while having in-person experience and doing field investigation in Britain which most German intellectuals of the same period such as Marx lacked. With access to the newly published English literature, Engels transformed his literature advantage into a theoretical edge and formulated his original ideas. Yet Marx in German states and Austrian Empire mainly studied French translations of limited English literature on political economy, although presenting critical insights. Engels' advantage is that he proposed many ideas that would become the basis of Marxian political economy, some of which had not yet been explored by Marx but were later affirmed by Marx. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article argues that the pandemic-related growth of the gendered burden of care work in the Global North ought to be understood as symptomatic of the entangled contradictions between capitalist accumulation and social reproduction, on the one hand, and between value-production and wealth-creation, on the other. The article addresses whether social reproductive labor produces value. The article, moreover, shows that pandemic-induced lockdowns have extended crises of social reproduction to relatively privileged middle-class households in OECD countries and particularly the US. The article argues that efforts to improve the conditions of reproductive work must move beyond proposals for a more equitable distribution of care work and the expansion of care infrastructure. HIGHLIGHTS Social reproduction is integral to capitalism but also points beyond capitalism. Marxian value-critique helps us better understand social reproduction. The COVID-19 pandemic extended crises of social reproduction to more households. The pandemic showed the need for radical solutions to crises of social reproduction. Redistributing reproductive labor and/or expanding public services is not enough. Wealth-production must be liberated from the capitalist value-form. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Plantation Life: Corporate Occupation in Indonesia's Oil Palm Zone" by Tania Li and Pujo Semedi provides a comprehensive examination of the impact of plantation corporations on workers and communities in Indonesia's oil palm zone. The authors explore the social, economic, and political relations established by these corporations and the forms of life they generate. Through ethnographic and historical research, the book reveals how corporations occupy land, limit community access, and create new forms of citizenship. The authors also discuss the exploitation of workers and the role of state power in supporting plantation operations. This book offers valuable insights into the complex dynamics of plantation life and its implications for local communities and the environment. [Extracted from the article]

This article aims to investigate the academic production of platform work and its interfaces with Marx's theory of value in the field of Social and Economic Sciences. A systematic review of the international literature produced between 2009 and 2023 was carried on the Scopus database. The question of the creation of value is the most important aspect that has been identified by this research. Most of the authors affirmed that data creates value. We indicated the critics that exist on this topic. For instance, the formal and real subsumption of labor to capital and the importance that money plays in materializing value. Also, piece-rate pay was identified as an important aspect that affects workers' subjectivity to increase the creation of value. In addition, the authors explored the process of concentration and centralization of capital in the platform economy. This literature review concludes that there is still a lack of studies on platform work from a value theory perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on Arrighi, we empirically investigate whether financialization and militarization are mutually reinforcing phenomena in the United States. Military spending during the 1950–1960s in the United States counteracted the stagnation of the monopolistic stage of capitalism. Monopoly capital was transformed into finance monopoly capital as the intensity of financial capital increased during the late 1970s in response to stagnation. Considering alternative financialization variables and the profit rate in the financial sector, and using several parametric and nonparametric methods, we found a significant relationship between financialization and militarization in the United States for 1949–2019. The results suggest that the rise in financialization is parallel to the decline in the profit rates, leading to larger military expenditure in total, but with relatively smaller share in GDP. JEL Classification: C14, E11, G32 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article investigates Marx's method in the analysis of the circuits of capital, as it is carried out in Capital vol. 2, in an attempt to clarify some key aspects of the well-known problem in Marxist literature on the relation between the logical and the historical. The central question on this topic is whether Marx's analysis is logical/structural or historical. The approach elaborated upon in this article extends beyond the one-sidedness of both views which deny any kind of correlation between logical and historical sequences and the views claiming that the articulation of Capital's argument exposes a set of historical stages. We will argue that dialectic, namely, the method of ascent from the abstract to the concrete, represents, first and foremost, the inner articulation of the structure of a given self-developing object, and at the same time implicitly represents its historical development. Hence, taking Marx's analysis of the circuits of capital as a case study, this article aspires to identify the fundamental movement of the systematic dialectic, which characterizes the entire Capital and explains the fundamental function of the relation between the logical and the historical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• The article proposes an empirical analysis of Brazilian deindustrialization from a Marxian perspective. • Inter-regional input-output analysis is the quantitative instrument used to measure deindustrialization indicators. • Two critical situations indicating structural change are proposed. • The results indicate a process of deindustrialization in Brazil between 1995 and 2010. • The results show that the primary sector is gaining ground in the dynamization of Brazilian capitalism. The article brings new indicators that reinforce the thesis that the Brazilian economy went through a process of deindustrialization. Based on the guiding principle of Marx's reproduction schemes, the instrument of inter-regional input-output analysis was used as empirical method. The output multipliers obtained from the Leontief and Ghosh models were used as indicators for measuring structural changes. Critical situations that can show whether there were structural changes in the sectors of the economy, considering both the local economic activity and its relationship with the world economy, are presented. The main results confirm the existence of a deindustrialization of the Brazilian economy. However, it was found that, in absolute and relative terms, the reduction in the capacity of the Brazilian manufacturing to drive the economy oscillated between moments of greater and lesser intensity. Furthermore, strong indications that the Brazilian primary sector is becoming an enclave were found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Volunteers are crucial for successful event delivery, from community to mega-events. Mega-sport events (MSE) are sold on their generative potential for social legacies for host communities like volunteering to support future community and tourism activity. With the lens of the temporal extension of the socioecological framework (TESEF), we propose that strategic human resource management (SHRM) across the volunteer journey will facilitate post-MSE legacy. A previously used online questionnaire and then structural equation modeling (SEM) are used to test 10 hypotheses with 4,824 Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games volunteers. Analysis revealed four predictors (SHRM: recruitment, job allocation, and supervision; and Motivational: variety) have significant positive effects on overall satisfaction. However, volunteer training and overall satisfaction had a highly negative influence on legacy potential. SEM revealed the moderating effect of volunteers??? gender and prior experience. Gender moderated five relationship paths and experience moderated six relational paths. MSE management implications are explored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews the history of Unoist value-form analysis and explore how it is currently being redeveloped in the Japanese studies. It was more than 70 years ago that Kozo Uno, who was the most influential Japanese Marxian economist, published his value theory: some of the arguments are naturally outdated now. It was not only Uno's opponents but also Uno's followers who criticise Uno's notions and try to shape the better understanding of today's capitalism. In Section 1, we shall first give a brief overview of Uno's theory of value and consider why it could be accepted as the foundation of Marxian economics in Japan. Uno's drastic reformulation could not help encountering oppositions. The most important debate was the one between Uno and Samezo Kuruma. Though the Kuruma-Uno debate is not easy to understand, it is a good reference point to grasp how important it has been for Japanese Marxists to establish the value-form analysis as a subject of economics. Section 2 will focus on the development of Unoist valueform analysis. We see rising trends of reinvestigating it among Japanese Marxist scholars against the background of the changes in modern capitalism. Michiaki Obata launched a radical critique of Uno's methodology and has led the developments in the 21st century. We shall pick out some of the recent arguments and evaluate its progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The research conducted by the Sumy branch of the Serhii Podolynskyi Scientific Society delves into the distinctive artistic legacy of the renowned Ukrainian writer Mykola Rudenko. This study sheds light on Rudenko's integration of ideas from the Ukrainian school of physical economy, which stood in stark contrast to Karl Marx's political economy. Mykola Rudenko, known for his literary prowess, often employed his fictional works to propagate his scientific, economic, and philosophical theories. The treatise “Formula of the Sun”, despite its limited recognition in 20th-century Ukrainian literature, holds a distinct place deserving comprehensive exploration. This novel not only showcases Rudenko's literary craftsmanship but also provides a platform for dissecting the literary discourse of the time. Through a combination of structural, narrative, and polemical elements, Rudenko articulates his worldview within the framework of physical economy. This study endeavors to elucidate the evolution of physical economy as a counterbalance to Marxian economics and to analyze its impact on Rudenko's prose, as evidenced by “Formula of the Sun”. Employing methodologies ranging from analysis and synthesis to a systematic and hermeneutic approach, the research aims to unravel the intricate interplay between literature and economic theory in Rudenko's work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides a list of recent doctorates awarded in French and Francophone Studies by institutions in the UK and Ireland. It includes the names of the recipients, their institutions, the dates of their awards, and the titles and abstracts of their theses. The theses cover a range of topics, including the biography of a Savoyard poet, representations of female criminality in French crime fiction, literary sociability in early modern Rome, embodiment and power in Congolese theatre, the relation between medicine and fiction in Rabelais, the volcano as a symbol in French culture, queer autofabulation in the context of HIV/AIDS, ecocritical readings of cities in the works of Serao and Zola, the financial subject in contemporary French thought, embodied subjectivity in nineteenth-century female-authored novels, Paul Valéry's politics of hesitation, and the lives of filles de l'Opéra. [Extracted from the article]

Madelaine Moore's book, "Water Struggles as Resistance to Neoliberal Capitalism: A Time for Reproductive Unrest," offers a critical political economy perspective on social change and social movements. The book examines the class politics of water and the tensions between the reproduction of conditions for profit-making and life-making. Moore analyzes water grabs as a form of capitalist accumulation and explores movements in Australia and Ireland that emerged in response to the crisis of profitability. She argues that these movements redefine the value and relationship to water and contribute to a conjuncture of reproductive unrest. The book also develops a social reproduction theory approach and highlights the intersections between social reproduction and agency within political economy. Overall, the book provides valuable insights for scholars and activists interested in water, social movements, class, and environmental politics. [Extracted from the article]

This article explores the concept of land rent and rentier capitalism in economic geography and urban studies. It identifies a lack of critical research on land rent in the "Global South" and "Global East," where significant struggles over land are occurring. The article examines the historical development of land rent theory and rent gaps, which are linked to gentrification and uneven capitalist development. It also addresses questions about the nature of land rent, the role of public policies and state institutions, and the potential for theories from outside the "Global North/West" to enhance understanding of global urban issues. The article concludes by introducing case studies from various regions that offer diverse perspectives on land rent and rent gaps, emphasizing the need for a reevaluation of existing theories and the incorporation of Georgist and Marxian perspectives to address housing affordability and labor exploitation. The authors highlight the evolving role of the state in managing and redistributing rent gaps and stress the importance of sustained engagement with the state for achieving equity and justice. [Extracted from the article]

The article "Land, Abstraction, and Housing Provision" explores the debate between the nomothetic and idiographic approaches in the social sciences, specifically in the study of housing provision. The author argues for a middle ground that combines both approaches, emphasizing the role of demand in determining land and housing prices. The article addresses criticisms and clarifies the author's position, discussing the historical record of global house prices and the inflationary role of land. The author defends their framework for analyzing housing provision under capitalism, considering the entanglement of rent extraction and capitalist production. They acknowledge the novelty of financialization in the construction industry and see their framework as an ongoing theoretical project. [Extracted from the article]

The reviewed book, "Intangible Flow Theory: A New Way for Conceptualizing Embeddedness?" by Tiago Cardao-Pito, aims to provide a fresh perspective on the double embeddedness of economic actions, processes, and organizations in both social and natural contexts. The author argues that traditional economic approaches often overlook the importance of intangible flows, which are identifiable but not precisely measurable, leading to observational biases and normative presumptions. The book proposes intangible flow theory as an alternative perspective that emphasizes the complexity and ubiquity of intangible flows, offering insights into social ontology and the construction of social relations. While the book provides a concrete example of applying intangible flow theory to assess the level of intangibility in a firm, it lacks specific theoretical mechanisms and leaves some questions unanswered, potentially limiting its practicality and impact. Overall, the book offers a valuable contribution to understanding socio-economic provisioning processes and invites further interdisciplinary research. [Extracted from the article]

Abstraction has taken very different terminologies revolving around the relation between reality and thought. In this framework, the debate on the issue of crisis is fueled by different, often one-sided and ideologically contradictive, uses of abstraction. In this work, we attempt to show that without an adequate grasp of the role of abstraction, and without sufficient flexibility in making the needed abstractions, most interpreters of Marx — Marxists and non-Marxists alike — have constructed versions of his theories that suffer in their very form from the same rigidity, inappropriate focus, and one-sidedness that Marx saw in bourgeois ideology. In this framework, we argue that Marx's abstraction is not 'other things equal', i.e. ceteris paribus, but 'nothing equal'. In the same vein, we argue that the capitalist process is a 'non-equilibrium' process. Instead of 'laws', we argue that tendencies and contradictions may be found in the Marxian oeuvre. Furthermore, we argue that the isolation of the third Volume of Marx's capital from the rest of the Marxian oeuvre facilitates the interpretation of Marx's method in terms of 'mechanical materialism'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This summary is about a special issue of the journal Europe-Asia Studies that focuses on the relationship between ideology and economic policy in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia. The essays in the special issue explore various aspects of this relationship, including the impact of the Kosygin reforms, the Soviet Union's engagement with international finance, the adaptation of World Bank development policies, and the critique of "capitalist realism" in Russian studies. The essays highlight the complex and contingent nature of Soviet economic development and its connection to ideology and sovereignty. The special issue aims to contribute to the understanding of socialism and capitalism in the context of Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. [Extracted from the article]

Recent post-capitalist theorizing, particularly Winant, revives the question of service sector growth. At stake is whether an economic system built on the extraction of surplus value can continue to function when ever-larger shares of workers do not produce this; also, whether their growing predominance prefigures post-capitalist relations of production. Most contributions offer imprecise concepts of service work and capitalist productivity, however. This article sharpens these with Marxian theoretical tools and assesses them using 2016–2020 US Census data, finding that less than one-fifth of service employees produce surplus value, while nearly half of non-service employees do. The majority of service and all formal US employees create important use values outside of direct capitalist exploitation. They thus pose a potentially post-capitalist constituency that is heavily—and non-randomly—female and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). The implications of this for the transition away from capitalism, as well as for the transition debate itself, are then considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The population, its physical well-being and development is a defining feature of society, the basis of the state's strength. Taking into account demographic trends is important in shaping strategies for economic development. Understanding the impact of population changes on the labour market, consumer demand, investment climate, and population expenditures is crucial for creating a sustainable and competitive economy. The demographic resilience of a country is determined by its ability to ensure quantitative and qualitative reproduction of demographic structures at various stages of historical development. Demographic resilience is a dynamic category that changes over time, and the level of a country's demographic resilience is defined by the parameters of its functioning. The level of demographic resilience depends on trends in population reproduction and mortality, demographic dependency, migration processes, gender equality, and the development of the healthcare system. Under these conditions, the assessment of the demographic resilience of the Visegrad Group countries was carried out in the context of these specified directions, allowing for the calculation of an indicator of the level of demographic resilience for Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. The analysis of the level of demographic resilience in the Visegrad Group countries indicates an average value. However, the analysis of reproduction and mortality indicators suggests the presence of demographic crises in these countries. Population decline, falling birth rates, and an increase in mortality rates are key characteristics of the demographic crisis. Therefore, the Visegrad Group countries need to implement effective policy measures to ensure the development and efficient use of human capital, as well as social protection for migrants, refugees, and citizens, at a sufficient level through a politically and financially stable system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We summarize the intellectual journey of James R. Crotty in this tribute. We discuss how Crotty's approach to macroeconomics based on Marxian and Keynesian insights led to a series of flexible models based on realistic assumptions that help us better understand the contradictory evolution of capitalism from the 1970s to the 2010s. The basic building blocks of Crottyian macroeconomics consist of the emphasis on macro foundations, focus on the concrete capitalist processes with their endogenous, dynamic, and conflict-ridden nature, and the centrality of money, credit, and competitive dynamics of the capitalist system. We also discuss how a study of these dynamics led to his final work on "liberal socialism" as the way to end the disruptive cycles of capitalism. We argue that those aiming to construct a solid theoretical foundation to guide the understanding, transformation, and transcending of contemporary capitalist societies would find much inspiration in Crotty's intellectual legacy. JEL Classification: E11, E12, B51 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite women being increasingly engaged in labor-platform activities, little of the research conducted on this topic to date has included a feminist perspective. However, the platform economy has direct impacts on the social organization of social reproduction and is changing the main dimensions of the world of work with crucial gendered effects. This study deploys a feminist political economics approach to assess the impacts of digital labor platforms on the reconfiguration and regeneration of intersectional inequalities. The findings of this analysis of digital platforms in the care sector in Spain reveal how they profit from regulatory contexts that perpetuate existing gender, race, and migrant status inequalities, as well as labor market vulnerability, with migrant women segregated into lower-paid and more insecure jobs. JEL Classification: J3, J5, J7, O3 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]