This imaginative and ambitious book rethinks the nature of capitalism. It critically examines the three main capitalist prototypes, then goes on to analyze the common weaknesses of each strand. A provocative and stimulating read.

List of tables, Preface, 1 The capitalist system, 2 Social structures of accumulation: the theoretical issues, 3 Social structures of accumulation: the reinvention of American capitalism, 4 Capitalism, globalization, and technological change, 5 Capitalism and the economic surplus, 6 Capitalism and class, 7 Capitalism and the environment, 8 The future of capitalism, Notes, Selected bibliography, Index