"Notes on Political Economy"
Table of Contents

Preface

Notes on Political Economy:
Our Analysis of the 1980s, Issues of Methodology, and The Current World Situation

Introduction

Some Methodological Points

Taking the Self-Criticism Further:
Against "Typical Motion" and Absolute Thresholds

A Spiral Is Not an Extended Cycle:
Understanding War's Purgative Function

On the Particular Resolution of This Spiral/Conjuncture

More on the New Spiral and the World Economy:
Lack of Expansiveness and Instability

Some Summing-Up Points

Appendix to Part 1:
Looking Back at the Soviet Collapse and Gorbachev's Unintended End-Game

Part II. Issues and Controversies for Deliberation and Research

Reserves

Privatization and Restructuring of State Activity

Globalization, the Nationality of Capital,
and the Imperialist Nation-State

Technology and Changes in the Labor Process
and Organization of Production

More on Third World-Specific Transformations and Disruptions

Glossary

Bibliography