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Over the last 30 years the concept of the globalisation of capitalism has been the focus of great debate. For those, like Wallerstein, Arrighi, Franck and me, who have long argued that historical capitalism has always been globalised, at each stage of its development the sole question to ask is whether the latest stage of globalisation presents us with important new characteristics that constitute a qualitative change in the nature of capitalism.
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This text was translated from the French by Mairi Lockwood first published by Pambazuka News, 23 March 2011 (website). The copyright for this text belongs to the author.
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Amin, S. (2014). Transnational Capitalism. In: Samir Amin. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01116-5_11
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