Zero sum political economy : history from antiquity to the present /

This book offers an alternative narrative of the global history of political economy. From ancient civilizations to modern times, zero-sum logic has been a fundamental, yet often ignored, driving force behind political and economic systems worldwide. The authors reveal the contradictions within vari...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Feldman, Alex M. (Author), Stamos, Yannis (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2026]
Series:World-systems evolution and global futures.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: The Ancien Regime: The World until 1776
  • Chapter 1. Prologue: The Endless Finitude of the Household Regime
  • Chapter 2. Law and Wealth
  • Chapter 3. Feudalism and Mercantilism
  • Part 2: "You know why they call it the 'American Dream'...?" (1776-1929)
  • Chapter 4. The Birth of Liberal Economic Expansion
  • Chapter 5. The First Failure of Liberalism
  • Part 3: "...Because you have to be asleep to believe it." (1929-2008)
  • Chapter 6. Nationalism, Socialism and Zero-sum Thinking
  • Chapter 7. Neoliberalism
  • Part 4: Refeudalization: The World since 2008
  • Chapter 8. The NeoFailure of NeoLiberalism
  • Chapter 9. Unipolarity, Multipolarity and Zero-sum thinking
  • Chapter 10. Epilogue: History Instructs.