A Theory of Capitalist Regulation: The US Experience

Aglietta’s path-breaking book is the first attempt at a rigorous historical theory of the whole development of US capitalism, from the Civil War to the Carter presidency. A major document of the “Regulation School” of Marxist economics, it was received as the boldest book in its field since the classic studies of Baran, Sweezy and Braverman.This edition includes a substantial new postface by Aglietta which brings regulation theory face to face with capitalism at the beginning of the new millennium.