An Exploration of Scarcity in Historical Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10487142
AutoresGeorge Liodakis (Department of Sciences Technical University of Crete 73100 Chania, Greece, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen80
Número2
Páginas221-247
Fecha de publicación2016-03-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaScience & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0036-8237 • E-ISSN: 1943-2801
EditorialGuilford Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1521/siso.2016.80.2.221
OpenAlexW2301704654
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas52

Against a backdrop of a critical review of mainstream, more or less naturalistic conceptions of scarcity, an alternative Marxist approach stresses the role of the prevailing capitalist mode of production in the determination of scarcity. Capitalism tends to a systemic increase of scarcity, intensified further by economic crisis and the recently exacerbated socio-ecological crisis. Grasping this tendency requires a deeper analysis of the dynamics of accumulation and the increasing demise of the value form. On the other hand, there are good reasons to expect increasing abundance under communist conditions. Reversal of scarcity into increasing abundance may arguably be ensured only through transition to communist organization of production. This exploration and comparison may shed additional light on both the ecological implications of contemporary capitalism and social dynamics extending beyond capitalism

Agriculture · Biology · Capitalism · Capitalist mode of production · Communism · Demise · Ecological crisis · Economic system · Economics · Market economy · Marxist philosophy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Scarcity · Water scarcity · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Ecology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Political Economy and Marxism