ABSTRACT

Geoff Pilling’s work shows that Marxist theory is relevant to those struggling to understand the problems of capitalist society today, and that the work not only of Marx and Engels but that of later Marxist theorists, including Lenin is worth studying. It also shows that to understand the problems of today’s society needs more than narrow specialist economic analysis, but a deep awareness of current developments in society.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|31 pages

‘Globalisation' and the British working class

An essay in economic analysis and political prognosis 1

chapter 4|21 pages

Imperialism, trade and ‘unequal exchange’

The work of Arghiri Emmanuel

chapter 5|14 pages

A ‘third industrial revolution’?

Marxism and the productive forces

chapter 7|33 pages

On disinterring Karl Marx

Cyril Smith, Marx at the Millennium, Pluto Press, 1996

chapter 8|29 pages

A very peculiar capitalism

Some reflections on the ‘decline of Britain' 1