Tomás N Rotta
Biographic Data
| ID | 1521632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tomás N Rotta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tomás N |
| FAMILY NAME | Rotta |
| SIGNATURE | ROTTA T N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5304-9890 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2027 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Measuring global exploitation, 1990–2023
This paper develops a novel empirical framework to estimate exploitation rates (the ratios of unpaid to paid labor time) and tests the hypothesis that globalization fosters their convergence. By integrating the Leontief input–output model with the New Interpretation of Marxian value theory, the analysis distinguishes between value production and value realization, exploring their distinct implications for global exploitation. Drawing on the GLORI…
Intellectual Monopoly and Income Inequality in the United States, 1948–2021
Proponents of intellectual property claim that it fosters innovation and benefits companies and workers by increasing long-run growth. A growing body of literature challenges these claims by arguing that the cumulative nature of intellectual monopoly amplifies asymmetries between winners and losers. Intellectual monopolies pose disadvantages for countries, firms, consumers, and workers who struggle to maintain a leading position. Using data at th…
Value capture and value production in the world economy
The paper estimates the production, realisation, and capture of economic value in the world economy from 2000 to 2014. Estimates show how value is produced and transferred across 56 sectors and 43 countries. The methodology builds on the Marxian literature and the productive-unproductive classification. Value production is the labour directly and indirectly required to produce goods and services within global value chains. Value capture is the de…
Bitcoin as a digital commodity
The paper demonstrates that Bitcoin is not money but rather a digital commodity that has value but no value-added. We show that both the production of and the speculation with Bitcoin draw from the existing global pool of value-added. By extending the Classical Political Economy approach and the New Interpretation of the labour theory of value to the domain of digital commodities, the paper argues that Bitcoin mining is an automated reproduction …
The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx
The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx provides an entry point for those new to Marxism. At the same time, its chapters, written by leading Marxist scholars, advance Marxist theory and research. Its coverage is more comprehensive than previous volumes on Marx in terms of both foundational concepts and empirical research on contemporary social problems. It also provides equal space to sociologists, economists, and political scientists, with substantial …
The Enduring Relevance of Karl Marx
This chapter is the introduction to The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx. It demonstrates the continuing applicability of Marx’s concepts and theories to understanding twenty-first century capitalism, its crises, and the historical development of human society across varying modes of production. It presents an intellectual biography linking the major moments in Marx’s life to his ideas and theories. The biography also gives insight into Marx’s approa…
The Commodification of Knowledge and Information
This entry presents an analysis of the commodification of knowledge and information in contemporary capitalism. We provide a consistent account of how information as a commodity effects the workings of both capitalism and of Marxist theory. The first part of the chapter critically revisits Marx’s own writings on the commodification of knowledge and how the immaterial labor hypothesis initially interpreted these writings. Based on the new categori…
The autonomisation of abstract wealth
We theorise the forms of value in the Marxist system in a way that challenges the dominant tradition. The standard procedure has been to read Marx’s Capital as an analysis that begins at a high level of abstraction and moves towards more concrete concepts. Our alternative approach posits that the forms of value in the Marxist system evolve from more concrete towards more abstract forms of wealth that increasingly separate from and obscure labour …
Bitcoin as a digital commodity
The paper demonstrates that Bitcoin is not money but rather a digital commodity that has value but no value-added. We show that both the production of and the speculation with Bitcoin draw from the existing global pool of value-added. By extending the Classical Political Economy approach and the New Interpretation of the labour theory of value to the domain of digital commodities, the paper argues that Bitcoin mining is an automated reproduction …
Value capture and value production in the world economy
The paper estimates the production, realisation, and capture of economic value in the world economy from 2000 to 2014. Estimates show how value is produced and transferred across 56 sectors and 43 countries. The methodology builds on the Marxian literature and the productive-unproductive classification. Value production is the labour directly and indirectly required to produce goods and services within global value chains. Value capture is the de…
The autonomisation of abstract wealth
We theorise the forms of value in the Marxist system in a way that challenges the dominant tradition. The standard procedure has been to read Marx’s Capital as an analysis that begins at a high level of abstraction and moves towards more concrete concepts. Our alternative approach posits that the forms of value in the Marxist system evolve from more concrete towards more abstract forms of wealth that increasingly separate from and obscure labour …
The Enduring Relevance of Karl Marx
This chapter is the introduction to The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx. It demonstrates the continuing applicability of Marx’s concepts and theories to understanding twenty-first century capitalism, its crises, and the historical development of human society across varying modes of production. It presents an intellectual biography linking the major moments in Marx’s life to his ideas and theories. The biography also gives insight into Marx’s approa…
The Commodification of Knowledge and Information
This entry presents an analysis of the commodification of knowledge and information in contemporary capitalism. We provide a consistent account of how information as a commodity effects the workings of both capitalism and of Marxist theory. The first part of the chapter critically revisits Marx’s own writings on the commodification of knowledge and how the immaterial labor hypothesis initially interpreted these writings. Based on the new categori…
The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx
The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx provides an entry point for those new to Marxism. At the same time, its chapters, written by leading Marxist scholars, advance Marxist theory and research. Its coverage is more comprehensive than previous volumes on Marx in terms of both foundational concepts and empirical research on contemporary social problems. It also provides equal space to sociologists, economists, and political scientists, with substantial …
Bitcoin as a digital commodity
The paper demonstrates that Bitcoin is not money but rather a digital commodity that has value but no value-added. We show that both the production of and the speculation with Bitcoin draw from the existing global pool of value-added. By extending the Classical Political Economy approach and the New Interpretation of the labour theory of value to the domain of digital commodities, the paper argues that Bitcoin mining is an automated reproduction …
Intellectual Monopoly and Income Inequality in the United States, 1948–2021
Proponents of intellectual property claim that it fosters innovation and benefits companies and workers by increasing long-run growth. A growing body of literature challenges these claims by arguing that the cumulative nature of intellectual monopoly amplifies asymmetries between winners and losers. Intellectual monopolies pose disadvantages for countries, firms, consumers, and workers who struggle to maintain a leading position. Using data at th…
Value capture and value production in the world economy
The paper estimates the production, realisation, and capture of economic value in the world economy from 2000 to 2014. Estimates show how value is produced and transferred across 56 sectors and 43 countries. The methodology builds on the Marxian literature and the productive-unproductive classification. Value production is the labour directly and indirectly required to produce goods and services within global value chains. Value capture is the de…
Measuring global exploitation, 1990–2023
This paper develops a novel empirical framework to estimate exploitation rates (the ratios of unpaid to paid labor time) and tests the hypothesis that globalization fosters their convergence. By integrating the Leontief input–output model with the New Interpretation of Marxian value theory, the analysis distinguishes between value production and value realization, exploring their distinct implications for global exploitation. Drawing on the GLORI…
Economics (7 works) · Political Economy and Marxism (6 works) · Economic Theory and Policy (4 works) · Capitalism (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Neoclassical economics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Capital (architecture) (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)