Cheap Wars

Cheap Wars
Nitzan, Jonathan and Bichler, Shimshon. (2006). The Economy of the Occupation. A Socioeconomic Bulletin. No. 10. September. pp. 1-32. (Magazine Article; English).

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Abstract or Brief Description

The new conflicts of the twenty-first century – the ‘infinite wars,’ the ‘clashes of civilization,’ the ‘new crusades’ – are fundamentally different from the mass wars and statist military conflicts that characterized capitalism from the nineteenth century until the end of the Cold War. The novelty lies not so much in the military nature of the conflicts, as in the broader role that war now plays in capitalism.

Language

English

Publication Type

Article - Magazine

Keywords

accumulation capital capitalism crisis differential accumulation distribution elite energy conflict globalization inflation Iraq Israel Keynesianism Lebanon Middle East military spending neo-liberalism oil ownership power prices profit ruling class TNC United States violence war warfare welfare Weapondollar-Petrodollar

Subject

BN Civilization & Social Systems
BN State & Government
BN Region - Middle East
BN Power
BN International & Global
BN Region - North America
BN Business Enterprise
BN Value & Price
BN Crisis
BN Macro
BN War & Peace
BN Conflict & Violence
BN History
BN Ideology
BN Distribution
BN Capital & Accumulation
BN Policy
BN Labour

ID Code

223

Deposited On

22 November 2006

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