Costs of Empire

Edited by Alejandro Reuss, Chris Sturr, and the Dollars & Sense collective

Date of publication:

December 2018

ISBN:

978-1-939402-40-0

Pages:

134

Price:

$16.95

• About
• Table of Contents

• Introduction
• CHAPTER 1: Imperialism Today
  • 1.1 The Global Economy Today Arthur MacEwan
  • 1.2 Globalization and the End of the Labor Aristocracy Jayati Ghosh
• CHAPTER 2: Labor Under Empire
  • 2.1 Transnational Capital and Transnational Labor An Interview with William K. Tabb
  • 2.2 The Global Industrial Working Class An Interview with Immanuel Ness
  • 2.3 Colonialism, “Underdevelopment,” and the International Division of Labor Alejandro Reuss
• CHAPTER 3: Migration and Empire
  • 3.1 Migration, Labor, and U.S. Policy David Bacon
  • 3.2 “Migration Is a Form of Fighting Back” David Bacon
  • 3.3 Europe’s Refugee “Crisis” Jayati Ghosh
• CHAPTER 4: Finance, Trade, and Empire
  • 4.1 Dollar Dominance Arthur MacEwan
  • 4.2 An Empire Upside Down Christy Thornton
  • 4.3 No Friendship in Trade Sasha Breger Bush
• CHAPTER 5: Imperialism and Development
  • 5.1 What Ever Happened to Development? Jawied Nawabi
  • 5.2 Debt and Development: Frequently Asked Questions Alejandro Reuss
  • 5.3 Puerto Rico’s Colonial Economy Arthur MacEwan
  • 5.4 Haiti’s Fault Lines
  • 5.5 “Tied” Foreign Aid Arthur MacEwan
• CHAPTER 6: Militarism, Natural Resources, and the Environment
  • 6.1 Military Spending in the Swampland James M. Cypher
  • 6.2 Costs of the U.S. Global War on Terror Since 2001 Gerald Friedman
  • 6.3 Is It Oil? Arthur MacEwan
  • 6.4 Climate Change, Imperialism, and Democracy Questions and Answers with Liz Stanton
• Further Reading
  • Imperialism by the Book John Miller, Alejandro Reuss, Zoe Sherman, and Will Whitham
• Contributors