Political economy and the new capitalism : essays in honour of Sam Aaronovitch / edited by Jan Toporowski.

List of figures, vii -- List of tables, viii -- List of contributors, ix -- / Introduction, xi -- PART I. Economic policy and the nature of contemporary capitalism, 1 -- 1. Rejuvenated capitalism and no longer existing socialism: a classical Marxist explanation / Meghnad Desai, 3 -- 2. Contemporary capitalism and Keynes's General Theory / G. C.Harcourt, 15 -- 3. The "Conflict Theory of Inflation" re-visited / Pat Devine, 23 -- 4. The fall of the wall: a socio-economic interpretation of the end of systems competition / Egon Matzner, 40 -- PART II. Aspects of the New Capitalism, 63 5. "Big Business" (almost) twenty-five years on / Malcolm Sawyer, 65 -- 6. Military expenditure and globalization / Ron Smith, 76 -- 7. Co-operation, coercion and autonomy in the contest for European unity / Jörg Huffschmid, 87 -- 8. Unequal exchange re-visited / Paul Levine, 99 -- 9. The agrarian question in an age of "New Capitalism" / A.Haroon Akram-Lodhi, 114 -- PART III. Finance and the New Capitalism, 133 -- 10. Two views of the City / Alan Budd, 135 -- 11. Profits and exchange rate instability in a capitalist world / Jan Toporowski, 146 -- 12. Globalization, regionalism and national economic policies / Philip Arestis and Eleni Paliginis, 153 -- 13. Big banks, small business and the regions in bankers" Europe / Victoria Chick, 167 -- 14. ESOP's fable: golden egg or sour grapes? / Ben Fine, 179 -- A bibliography of the writings of Sam Aaronovitch / Jan Toporowski, 194 -- Index, 196.