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Orthodox economics operates within a hypothesized world of perfect competition in which perfect consumers and firms act to bring about supposedly optimal outcomes. The discrepancies between this model and the reality it claims to address are then attributed to particular imperfections in reality itself. In Capitalism, Shaikh's approach demonstrates that most of the central propositions of economic analysis can be derived without any reference to standard devices such as hyperrationality, optimization, perfect competition, perfect information, representative agents, or so-called rational expectations. In every case, Shaikh's innovative theory is applied to modern empirical patterns and contrasted with neoclassical, Keynesian, and Post-Keynesian approaches to the same issues. Shaikh's object of analysis is the economics of capitalism, and he explores the subject in this expansive light. This is how the classical economists, as well as Keynes and Kalecki, approached the issue. Anyone interested in capitalism and economics in general can gain a wealth of knowledge from this ground-breaking text.

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"This book is a remarkable achievement, and there is a great deal to be learned from it." --John E. King, The Economic and Labour Relations Review"Anwar Shaikh's Capitalism offers the prospect of an intellectual renewal more comprehensive than any so far attempted. Both the range and the depth of his book, covering in detail mainstream and heterodox, micro- and macroeconomics, are without parallel in contemporary literature."

-- New Left Review"Capitalism is a book for economists and brave activists who want to get a bigger grip on the underlying processes of capitalism...those readers who stick to the task will be rewarded with new insights into the capitalist process and insightful critiques of mainstream and heterodox arguments."

--"International Socialism"An excellent lexicon of the long-term genesis, content, and journey of capitalism... provides readers with one-stop shopping -- an excellent repository of everything anyone would desire to know to be more informed about this formidable social institution."

-- Choice"[Capitalism] is different, it's not political, it's written for economics scholars and explores the fundamental categories on which neoclassical economics is built, that is; 'rational' consumers, U-shaped supply curves, flat demand functions and the fiction of an equilibrium at which marginal-utility equals marginal-cost. The author's scalpel eviscerates every one of these categories from the inside that is from within economic discourse and using empirical economic data. This book will resonate for a long time."

-- Kumar David, Colombo Telegraph"Anwar Shaikh has always been an independent, free spirit. He has great economic intuition and technical skills. He has absorbed the literature of classical political economy, Marx's writings, modern economic theory, and applied work. He also is well versed in philosophy and in historical writings. His mentors include Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Keynes, Sraffa, Joan Robinson, Kalecki, Goodwin, Godley, Pasinetti and Taylor. All these influences and more come together in Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crises, his magnum opus.In an extraordinary blend of original theory and careful empirical work, we have possibly the most comprehensive structure since Marx's Capital, within which to understand and analyse the many inter-related processes that constitute modern advanced capitalism. His book provides both deep understanding, and a platform on which to erect appropriate policies, with which to tackle the revealed malfunctionings and undesirable social outcomes. It would not be Shaikh's fault if others do not take up the challenge."

-- G. C. Harcourt, Reader in the History of Economic Theory, Emeritus, University of Cambridge and Visiting Professorial Fellow, School of Economics, UNSW Australia"Anwar Shaikh's magnum opus is one of the most important works of political economy to have come out in a generation. In a time when economics is becoming ever more recondite and otherworldly, Shaikh shows that an economic theory based on real abstractions is not only necessary, but also possible. This is a work of lasting importance, not just for economists, but for anyone interested in how capitalism works."

-- Vivek Chibber, Professor of Sociology, New York University"An amazing feat. Anwar Shaikh's Capitalism covers exchange, production, costs, competition, money, macro-dynamics, profit, wages and trade, with theory, history and evidence complete. Deeply erudite and beautifully written, it is at once a stunning renovation of classical and Keynesian economics and a relentless demolition of sophistries. A book to savor and to teach; there hasn't one like it for 150 years."

-- James K. Galbraith, author of The End of Normal and of Inequality: What Everyone Needs to Know"This new book by Anwar Shaikh is a veritable tour de force from a unique economist who skillfully links deep insights from classical economic theory with cutting edge ideas in econophysics and economic complexity to penetratingly deal with issues from microeconomic competition through macroeconomic dynamics and turbulence."

-- J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Professor of Economics and Kirby L. Cramer, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, James Madison University

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In Capitalism, Anwar Shaikh demonstrates that most of the central propositions of economic analysis can be derived without any reference to hyperrationality, optimization, perfect competition, perfect information, representative agents or so-called rational expectations.

About the Author

Anwar Shaikh is Professor of Economics at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School University and Associate Editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics. From 2000-2005, he was Senior Scholar and member of the Macro Modeling Team at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Illustrated edition (February 12, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1024 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199390630
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199390632
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.3 x 2.1 x 6.3 inches

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MRoman

Professor Anwar Shaikh’s latest book maps out the grounds of ...

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2016

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Professor Anwar Shaikh’s latest book maps out the grounds of a vast continent of intellectual treasures gathered in the author’s lifetime and provides the most advanced development of Classical economics available. From here on students that view neoclassical economics as a sterile diversion from the theoretical legacy of Classical economics have access to a scientific alternative that fulfills every expectation. Prof. Shaikh derives its conceptual perspective from empirical and historical patterns of capitalist development, it is not built up on preconceived behavioral axioms and it is thoroughly researched. His approach eschews the dichotomy of ‘perfection’ economics (the neoclassical mainstream) versus heterodox variants laden with ‘imperfection’ amendments as qualifiers of the orthodoxy. Fundamentally he sees capitalism as a growth system and profitability as its defining feature: the search for profits through investment drives business enterprise and indeed gives rise to systemic patterns of real competition, conflict and crisis. At a time when so many critics of neoclassical economics advocate a new beginning for the understanding of capitalism, Professor Shaikh’s book provides a comprehensive structure of its dynamic nature.

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Tony Feldmann

Capitalism: A Data Driven Theory

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2016

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Shaikh's magnum opus is absolutely outstanding. Here you will find one of the most serious attempts to comprehend the general dynamics of capitalism. Shaikh deploys theoretical concepts from classical economics (Smith, Ricardo, and Marx) in order to make sense of capitalism as it actually exists. He does not, like so much of standard economics, make impossible assumptions (like perfect knowledge and perfect competition) and then filter data through his analytical categories. Rather, he begins with the data and then utilizes concepts that appear to most accurately describe and explain it. Shaikh provides top notch scholarship at a time when being able to comprehend capitalism has perhaps never been so important. I know I will be using and referring to this text time and time again.

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Eric V. Hutchins

The old days at Amazon are over.

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2021

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Evidently, Oxford University Press has abandoned printing hard cover books with Smythe sewn signatures. Caveat emptor. Aside from the greasy fingerprints left on the dust jacket by the Amazon warehouse worker (Caveat emptor), I am pleased with the product.

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Edward Francis

Book as a beautiful chapter on exchange

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2017

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Book has a beautiful chapter on exchange, money and price (ch.5); it's a lucid historical account

1 for the layman that has a real interest in political economy and for the anointed economist

2 refreshingly it is imprinted with the spirit of the genius of Karl, and solves his "transfer problem" a brilliant look at the clues Marx left us in his unfinished work concerning price and profits

3. book has many typos...

4. this is a red pill book

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Peter D. McLoughlin

Biggest thing in Economics since Keynes

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2019

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Shaikh has overturned the field of economics in this book. His approach based on classical economics has explained paradoxes and puzzles in neoclassical and Keynesian economics and with tons of empirical backing. If one has studied economics at an undergraduate level this book will overturn everything you thought you knew about economics.

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NAK

Great book needs better ebook formatting

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2017

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This is a fantastic economics text book that lays out an alternative theory to neoclassical and post-Keynesian economics theories. It tries to explain capitalism as it really exists--boom/bust cycles, inequality, the role of finance and credit, etc.

The reason I gave this four instead of five stars is that the Kindle formatting is very frustrating. I strongly recommend against purchasing the ebook version. Since there is no function to indent or minimize chapter contents, you cannot easily navigate when you are in the middle of the book. This is because all sections are ordered and numbered, so what you end up with is a very long scroll with multiple sub-sub-indentations (see photo).

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RF.Economics

Must have in your library

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2016

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This is a big book. My take on it is that it has a little bit for everyone's taste, whether you are a political economy / history of thought kind of person, or more mathematically inclined. You can skim or skip the chapters you don't find interesting and go for an in depth reading of those you do. In any case, it's one of those books you now need in your library for future reference

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Ýzzettin Önder

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2016

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Avery useful refernce book covering quite a large area with very useful information.

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Gaetano

Pietra miliare

Reviewed in Italy on September 3, 2019

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Il libro è un capolavoro.

Per comprenderlo al meglio servirebbe avere preliminarmente una conoscenza adeguata dell'economia classica e di quella marginalista.

Quindi una conoscenza di Smith,Ricardo e Marx per intenderci e possibilmente la conoscenza dell'economia marginalista e dei suoi problemi(Sraffa in ciò è prezioso).

In pratica serve una mente aperta e non una mente bovina che magari conosce Boldrin ma non Keynes,Ricardo,Sraffa,Marx,Garegnani,Graziani,Caffè,De Cecco e tanti altri bravi economisti.

Purtroppo oggi nelle università di economia si insegna solo la teoria marginalista,come se l'economia fosse una scienza dura al pari della fisica e il risultato è che oggi il 99% della popolazione italiana e il 99% degli studenti di economia in realtà di economia non capiscono nulla.

Ho divagato ma comunque ritengo questo libro fondamentale per comprendere il mondo circostante e per ragionare in modo corretto sulle decisioni di politica economica ma anche più banalmente su quello che accade intorno a noi.

Il livello di difficoltà del libro è medio-alto,ci sono però le lectures del prof. Shaikh su Youtube che aiutano molto .

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Sébastien Tuyizere

Economics bible

Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2017

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Ultimately the best economics book you can read. Out of all the great economists we have today, Shaikh avoids the supremacy of neoclassical economics to focus on the classical economists who cared about empiricism and materialism. Covers subjects from general topics like price, profit and effective demand, to the theory of finance, the history of money and various interesting subjects.

As a student of accounting , I was finally able to see a realistic economic model of the firm that satisfied what I've seen concretely. The flows and stocks laws are often broken as well when explaining macroeconomics from a neoclassical perspective, so it was refreshing to see the work of Anwar in that regards.

Sebastien Tuyizere

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Alexandre

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2018

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Amazing! No repairs to say about its conditions. It's fine.

Prof JP Dunne

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2017

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quick and as expected

Chris J. Pepin

Should be required reading for graduate economic courses...

Reviewed in Canada on March 28, 2016

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An excellent work of economic history

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