Theodor W. Adorno asked in 1968: What is the fundamental question of the present structure of society? Do we live in late capitalism or an industrial society? In today’s society, we can reformulate this question: What is the fundamental question of the present structure of society? Do we live in capitalism or an information society? This article deals with these questions. A typology of informa...

This article offers a substantive understanding of the variegation of capitalism, in an attempt to move beyond the current impasse in the mainstream varieties-of-capitalism approach. Drawing on existing conceptualizations of capitalism-society relationships, as well as on Agamben’s reconceptualization of the Foucaldian notion of ‘dispositif’, the article identifies the ontological ‘dispositifs’...

Modern capitalism emerged in the early nineteenth century in western Europe and the European offshoots of the Americas and Oceania. Recognizing the unparalleled dynamism of the new socio-economic system, Marx and Engels predicted in 1848 that capitalism would spread to the entire world. By the end of the twentieth century, that prediction was confirmed: capitalism had indeed become global, but ...

In a graph G = (V,E), a set M ⊆ V is called a monopoly set of G if every vertex v ∈ V −M has at least d(v) 2 neighbors in M . The monopoly size mo(G) of G is the minimum cardinality of a monopoly set among all monopoly sets in G. In this paper, the minimum monopoly distance energy EMd(G) of a connected graphG is introduced and minimum monopoly distance energies of some standard graphs are compu...

Capitalism has emerged as a force for peace in studies of interstate conflict. Is capitalism also a force for peace within nations? This article shows how a market-capitalist economy—one where most citizens normally obtain their livelihoods contracting in the market—creates citizen-wide preferences for universal freedom, peace, and the democratic rule of law. Prior research has corroborated the...

Paul M. Sweezy (New York, 1910-2004) was a co-founder and, for over half century, co-editor of Monthly Review. At the basis his theoretical thought there is Marxian approach, open and creative, an attention to high elaboration twentieth century – Hilferding Veblen, Schumpeter Keynes, Kalecki Steindl. With The Theory Capitalist Development (1942) Monopoly Capital (1966, written with Baran), he r...

Capitalism is an economic and social order oriented toward the future. In this paper, I describe the unfolding of the temporal order of capitalism and relate it to the restless dynamism of capitalism we have observed since the Industrial Revolution. Since the future is open, actors are confronted with the uncertainty of the outcomes of their decisions. What can expectations be under conditions ...

This paper focuses on the efficiency of China’s new Anti-monopoly law. The monopoly enterprises seriously influence the equality of social distribution. In China, the “State-owned enterprises monopoly” is a controversial argument items. It has great influence on the efficiency of the anti-monopoly law enforcement. In this paper, this problem will be discussed.