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The Dialectic of the Value Form: the Social Evolution of Capital Markets in the US

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A sure sign of an economy in crisis is when devotees of neo-classical economics plunge into a neo-Marxist Kondratieff wave analysis for insights into the current situation. Desperation reaches panic levels when prestigious conservative publications such as Barron’s (10 June 1991) join the chorus, as in a lead interview article with the managers of one of the world’s largest mutual funds. The article was called ‘Apocalyptic Vision’.

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Tinker, T. (1997). The Dialectic of the Value Form: the Social Evolution of Capital Markets in the US. In: Knights, D., Tinker, T. (eds) Financial Institutions and Social Transformations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25953-3_2

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