Unraveling the Global Capitalist System: Are Fatal Flaws Revealed?
The article discusses Ernest Mandel's theory on the global capitalist economy, which includes capitalist, semi-capitalist, and precapitalist relations connected by the capitalist world market. Mandel's theory builds on Marx's work but leaves some unresolved issues. A conference in 2003 aimed to address these issues, focusing on five key interconnected problems.