Hans Despain
Biographic Data
| ID | 5580055 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hans Despain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hans |
| FAMILY NAME | Despain |
| SIGNATURE | DESPAIN H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sweezyian Financial Instability Hypothesis—Monopoly Capital, Inflation, Financialization, Inequality and Endless Stagnation
From the standpoint of monopoly capital theory, this paper argues that oligopolistic capitalism is internally unstable. The instability manifests from the historical evolution of finance within oligopolistic capitalism. The historical rise of oligopolistic capitalism has given rise to price fluctuations; (non-financial) firms have increasingly relied on financial firms to guarantee prices. At the level of the individual firm, this increase in fut…
It’s the System Stupid
On Thursday, December 13, 2012, The Guardian announced Queen Elizabeth finally received an answer to her question—"Did nobody see this coming?"—about the 2008 financial crisis.... Perhaps she could have also asked three more questions: Does nobody see the suffering and socioeconomic injustices of oligopolistic-finance capitalism? Does no one see that the problems are structural and systemic? And is there no alternative to a system that generates …
Karl Polanyi's Metacritique of the Liberal Creed
This paper interprets Karl Polanyi through dialectical critical realism. The paper maintains that this interpretation offers Polanyi methodological coherence and philosophical support. It further provides dialectical critical realism with an exemplar of explanatory critique. It is argued that the social theory of Polanyi aims at the demystification of market-systems as they are theoretically constructed by both orthodox and heterodox accounts of …
It’s the System Stupid
On Thursday, December 13, 2012, The Guardian announced Queen Elizabeth finally received an answer to her question—"Did nobody see this coming?"—about the 2008 financial crisis.... Perhaps she could have also asked three more questions: Does nobody see the suffering and socioeconomic injustices of oligopolistic-finance capitalism? Does no one see that the problems are structural and systemic? And is there no alternative to a system that generates …
Karl Polanyi's Metacritique of the Liberal Creed
This paper interprets Karl Polanyi through dialectical critical realism. The paper maintains that this interpretation offers Polanyi methodological coherence and philosophical support. It further provides dialectical critical realism with an exemplar of explanatory critique. It is argued that the social theory of Polanyi aims at the demystification of market-systems as they are theoretically constructed by both orthodox and heterodox accounts of …
It’s the System Stupid
On Thursday, December 13, 2012, The Guardian announced Queen Elizabeth finally received an answer to her question—"Did nobody see this coming?"—about the 2008 financial crisis.... Perhaps she could have also asked three more questions: Does nobody see the suffering and socioeconomic injustices of oligopolistic-finance capitalism? Does no one see that the problems are structural and systemic? And is there no alternative to a system that generates …
Sweezyian Financial Instability Hypothesis—Monopoly Capital, Inflation, Financialization, Inequality and Endless Stagnation
From the standpoint of monopoly capital theory, this paper argues that oligopolistic capitalism is internally unstable. The instability manifests from the historical evolution of finance within oligopolistic capitalism. The historical rise of oligopolistic capitalism has given rise to price fluctuations; (non-financial) firms have increasingly relied on financial firms to guarantee prices. At the level of the individual firm, this increase in fut…
Economics (2 works) · Financialization (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Capitalism (1 work) · Creed (1 work)