Capitalism at a Crossroads

Ali Ari is a Professor of Economics at Marmara University, Turkey. His research focuses on financial crises, energy, sustainable development, and the Turkish economy. Prof. Ari currently serves as the Director of the Research Center on France-Turkey Relations and as the Head of the French Programme of Political Science and Public Administration at Marmara University.

• Part I. Current Problems of the World Economy.- Chapter 1. End of Endless Growth Regime: Accumulation and Technology.- Chapter 2. Energy, Economic Growth, and Ecological Collapse.- Chapter 3. Agriculture and Food Problems and Solutions: Challenges and Capacity of the Capitalist System in the 21st Century.- Chapter 4. Financialization and Finance-Driven Capitalism.- Chapter 5. Income Inequality, Household Debt, and Financial Crises.- Chapter 6. Health Crisis, Income Poverty and Public Policies in the World.- Chapter 7. Trade Wars and the Changing Balance of Power.- Chapter 8. On Economic Security and the Political Economy of Neocolonialist Capitalism: The Case of France and Niger’s Uranium Resources.- Chapter 9. Political Crises of Capitalism.- Part II. Quest for Rebuilding the Capitalism.- Chapter 10. Artificial Intelligence, Technological Change, and the Future of Capitalism.- Chapter 11. Endless Growth Regime: The Role of Elasticity of Substitution and Extraordinary Economy Policies.- Chapter 12. Covid-19: An Assessment in the Context of its Economic Impacts and Market-State Relationship.- Chapter 13. Great Reset.- Chapter 14. Degrowth Strategy to Sustain the Capitalist System.- Chapter 15. Can Green Deals Save Capitalism from Ecological Collapse?.- Chapter 16. Green Technology and Smart Solutions for Capitalist Cities in the 21st Century.- Chapter 17. Solidarity Economy.