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Starosta, G. (2007a). On Materiality and Social Form: A Political Critique of Rubin’s Value-Form Theory. (en colaboración con Kicillof, A.) Historical Materialism, 15(3), 9–43.

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ABSTRACT This paper critically examines I.I. Rubin’s Essays on Marx’s Theory of Value and argues that two different approaches to value theory can be found in that book: a more ‘production-centred’ value-form theory uneasily co-exists with a ‘circulationist’ perspective. This unresolved tension, the authors claim, reflects a more general theoretical shortcoming in Rubin’s work, namely, a problematic conceptualisation of … Read more

Starosta, G. (2008). The Commodity-Form and the Dialectical Method: On the Structure of Marx’s Exposition in Chapter 1 of Capital. Science & Society, 72(3), 295–318.

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ABSTRACT The last 10 or 15 years have witnessed a renewed interest in Marx’s dialectical method and its implications for value theory. However, most works have not sufficiently thematized the peculiar role of the phase of analysis in Marx’s dialectical investigation generally and in his presentation in particular. Furthermore, they have not paid sufficient attention to the specific form of the … Read more

Iñigo Carrera, J. (2008a). Crisis de sobreproducción general y crisis absoluta del modo de producción capitalista. Razón y Revolución, (18), 95–110.

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ABSTRACT Taking up the ideas expounded in a previous debate on the imminent outbreak of a capitalist world crisis, the author revises the structural limits of this social system that leads to the crises and its overcoming. He distinguishes, as well, between the crisis of general overproduction, as a reproduction form of the capitalist mode of production, which doesn’t … Read more

Grinberg, N. (2013a). Capital accumulation and ground-rent in Brazil: 1953–2008. International Review of Applied Economics, 27(4), 449–471.

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ABSTRACT The paper measures the size of primary-sector surpluses in the form of ground-rent appropriated by social subjects other than landowners in Brazil, and assesses their weight in supporting the process of capital accumulation during the period 1953–2008. For that purpose, the paper identifies the mechanisms through which state policies channelled a portion of ground-rent to capital, especially in the … Read more

Grinberg, N. (2008). From the “Miracle” to the “Lost Decade”: intersectoral transfers and external credit in the Brazilian economy. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 28(2), 291–311.

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ABSRTACT The present paper examines the Brazilian experience from the ‘Economic Miracle’ to the ‘Lost Decade’. Its aim is to advance an alternative measurement of the flows of extraordinary wealth (i.e. ground-rent and net external credit) available for appropriation in the Brazilian economy and to asses their relevance in sustaining the process of accumulation of industrial capital. That is done … Read more

Grinberg, N., & Starosta, G. (2009). The Limits of Studies in Comparative Development of East Asia and Latin America: the case of land reform and agrarian policies. Third World Quarterly, 30(4), 761–777.

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ABSTRACT This paper critically examines the widespread belief that the early implementation of comprehensive land reforms prior to the industrialisation process, coupled with subsequent agrarian state policies channelling the intersectoral transfer of resources, has been a central determinant of East Asia’s (mainly Taiwan’s and South Korea’s) outperformance of Latin America. We argue that, although those … Read more

Iñigo Carrera, J. (2002a). Estancamiento, crisis y deuda externa: Evidencias de la especificidad de la acumulación de capital en la Argentina. Ciclos en la historia, la economía y la sociedad, 12(23), 3–38.

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ABSTRACT La década del ’90 es comúnmente presentada como de fuerte crecimiento económico argentino. Sin embargo, la expansión física del volumen de actividad fue acompañada por la caída de los valores unitarios, en parte debido al cambio en la composición de la producción. En consecuencia, el estancamiento económico se ha extendido a todo el último … Read more

Starosta, G. (2010c). The Outsourcing of Manufacturing and the Rise of Giant Global Contractors: A Marxian Approach to Some Recent Transformations of Global Value Chains. New Political Economy, 15(4), 543–563.

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ABSTRACT This article aims to show that the Marxian ‘law of value’ can provide solid foundations for the comprehension of the constitution and dynamics of Global Value Chains (GVC). It offers an explanation of the social processes of ‘value creation and capture’ within a chain based on the system-wide motion of global capital accumulation. A … Read more

Iñigo Carrera, J. (1998). La acumulación de capital en Argentina [Capital accumulation in Argentina]. Documento de Investigación del Centro para la Investigación como Crítica Práctica, Buenos Aires

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ABSTRACT Por su esencia, la acumulación de capital es un proceso mundial. En su condición de tal se desarrolla bajo la forma concreta de un movimiento cíclico determinado como el más general por la amplitud de sus fluctuaciones y su extensión temporal. En el promedio histórico, estos ciclos más generales presentan una duración de 40 … Read more

Guevara, S. (2010b). Poulantzas y la determinación del Estado capitalista: una discusión a partir de la integración industrial en el Mercosur [Poulantzas and the determination of the capitalist state: a discussion based on industrial integration in Mercosur]. Espacios Públicos, 13(27), 113–134

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ABSTRACT In this paper we proposed a systematic discussion of Poulantzas’ study on capitalist State. From this discussion, we advanced in recognition of general determinations of the more concrete phenomenon, namely the development of the capitalist state as the nation-state from the perspective of the critique of political economy developed by Marx. The development continues … Read more