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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer,
[2026]
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| 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.