Twilight Capitalism
Karl Marx and the Decay of the Profit System
Murray E.G. Smith
Jonah Butovsky
Josh J. Watterton
Twenty-first-century capitalism has little more to offer than a menu of despair: pandemics, deepening inequality, worsening depression, runaway climate change, intensifying authoritarianism and escalating militarism. Twilight Capitalism offers a wide-ranging analysis of the origins, implications and scope of the “combined” social crisis of 2020 and beyond. A compelling case is made that Karl Marx’s critical analysis of capitalism, along with his program of class-struggle socialism, is essential to understanding and addressing the most important social, economic and ecological problems of our time.
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Murray E.G. Smith
Murray E.G. Smith is Professor of Sociology and Labour Studies at Brock University. He has been active on the socialist left in Canada since the 1970s, participating in a variety of campaigns and progressive movements for social change.
Jonah Butovsky
Jonah Butovsky is associate professor of sociology at Brock University.
Josh J. Watterton
Joshua J. Watterton is is pursuing a PhD in geography at York University.