History of Marxist Economic Thought: Europe and America

Author: Zhu Kui
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book is a research outcome of the Key Project of the National Social Science Fund of China and a multi-volume academic work that comprehensively and systematically discusses the history of Marxist economic thought. With approximately 1.5 million words, it is divided into five volumes: The Classic Authors Volume, The China Volume, The Soviet Russia Volume, The Europe and America Volume, and The Japan Volume. The entire work follows the scientific connotation of Marxist economics as its main thread, striving to highlight the research characteristics of keeping pace with the times and openness. It adopts new domestic and international data and research findings to fully explore the evolutionary trends of major representative schools in the history of Marxist economic thought worldwide, analyzing them in detail, objectively, and fairly, while also evaluating them justly. It emphasizes the continuity and development of theoretical thoughts among classic authors and figures in various schools within the history of Marxist economic thought. Guided by Marxist materialist dialectics and employing comparative research as the basic method, the author combines normative and empirical approaches with qualitative and quantitative analysis, attempting to outline the fundamental framework and evolutionary trends of the history of Marxist economic thought. Some parts of this book fill academic gaps, and its overall structure is systematic, with innovative theoretical elaborations. Its academic value lies in its comprehensive and systematic discussion of the history of Marxist economic thought, which can greatly enrich the connotation of the discipline and advance its development. Its practical significance lies in scientifically observing and analyzing the evolution of modern and contemporary socialism and capitalism, exploring certain issues, and gaining insights that are beneficial to us in more firmly applying Marxist economic thought to guide China's modernization, adhering to the Scientific Outlook on Development, and comprehensively building a socialist harmonious society. This book is the Europe and America Volume. Marxist Economic Thought is a research outcome of the Key Project of the National Social Science Fund of China (02AJL007) and a multi-volume academic monograph. The entire work is divided into five volumes, respectively discussing the history of economic thought of Marxist classic authors, the history of Marxist economic thought in China, the history of Marxist economic thought in the Soviet Union and Russia, the history of Marxist economic thought in Europe and America, and the history of Marxist economic thought in Japan. Guided by materialist dialectics and employing comparative research as the basic method, the author focuses on the scientific connotation of Marxist economics as the main thread, striving to highlight the research characteristics of keeping pace with the times and openness, exploring the background and evolutionary trends of various representative schools in the history of Marxist economic thought worldwide, analyzing them in detail, objectively, and fairly, while also emphasizing the continuity and development of theoretical thoughts among classic authors and figures in various schools, outlining the fundamental framework and evolutionary trends of the history of Marxist economic thought. This volume specifically discusses the history of Marxist economic thought in Europe and America (primarily Western Europe and North America), including: the origins and development of Marxist economic thought in Europe and America, Marxist economic thought and the Great Depression, the debate over socialist economic calculation, responses to Keynesianism, the transformation problem debate, theories on stagflation and stages of capitalist development, underdeveloped political economy, analytical Marxism, new models of socialism, and critiques of neoliberal economic thought, as well as explanations for new phenomena in capitalism. This volume introduces the emergence, characteristics, and main contents of Marxist economic thought in Europe and America (primarily Western Europe and North America) in chronological order and provides brief comments.