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"In the wake of massive upheavals, Chris Harman's new book Zombie Capitalism is both timely and hugely valuable. Following Harman's 1984 book, Explaining the Crisis, as well as the numerous articles he has written for the International Socialism journal, it is a book that succeeds in analysing the incredibly dynamic, shifting forms that capitalism and its relationship to the state takes. The first three chapters set out Karl Marx's basic concepts. This is done in a way that not only provides grounding for the rest of the book but also deals directly with the criticisms of many of Marx's positions, both from the standpoint of mainstream "neoclassical" economics and from within the Marxist tradition. These chapters forcefully restate both the dynamism of the capitalist mode of production and its inequality. We see how capital, itself the accumulation of labour performed in the past, becomes reified as a system of domination that, in Marx's words, "vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks". In its blind rush to accumulate in order to compete with other capitals, capitalism sows the seeds of overproduction, unemployment and economic crisis. For Marx, this was a central part of the system. Crises were not the result of bad choices by managers but "momentary, violent solutions for the existing contradictions". […]The remainder of the book deals with capitalism in the 21st century and the return of the crisis. Harman explains how the delusions of unending growth during this period rested on a bubble of financial speculation and debt that would inevitably have to end. […]In a final chapter Harman makes it clear that, despite the repeated pronouncements of the death of the working class, or its inability to fight due to restructuring, workers still have the capability to resist and, in doing so, pose an alternative to the lunatic system we live under today. This book is an essential read for anyone struggling to make that new world a reality. It is accessible for readers new to economics and will be a good jumping off-point for anyone who wants to return to Explaining the Crisis or Marx's Capital. It is also crucial for those better acquainted with Marxist theory, as it both extends the analyses put forward by our tradition in the past and sharpens our arguments for the future." (Quelle: www.socialistreview.org) TOC: Marx's concepts Marx and his critics - The dynamics of the system - Beyond Marx : monopoly, war and the state - State spending and the system - The great slump - The long boom - The end of the golden age - The years of delusion - Global capital in the new age - Financialisation and the bubbles that burst - The new limits of capital - The runaway system and the future for humanity - Who can overcome?