Capitalism and Catastrophe - Stephen Rousseas

Title: Capitalism and Catastrophe: A Critical Appraisal of the Limits to Capitalism
Author: Stephen Rousseas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Edition: First edition, 1979
ISBN: 0521223334
Condition: Second-hand. Good. Dust jacket shows substantial rubbing, fading and surface wear, with edge wear, small chips and creasing at the spine ends and corners. The page edges show noticeable foxing. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

A concise critical study of advanced capitalism, examining Marxian, neo-Marxian and non-Marxian theories of growth, accumulation, legitimacy and systemic limits. Rousseas considers whether capitalism contains internal contradictions capable of producing eventual collapse.

Published by Cambridge University Press in 1979, this volume is particularly relevant to readers of political economy, Marxist theory and twentieth-century debates about capitalism and economic crisis.