marxian economics

"... economist Meghnad Desai argues that capitalism's recent efflorescence is something Karl Marx anticipated and indeed would, in a certain sense, have welcomed ..."--Amazon.

Provides a step-by-step introduction to Marxian theories.

Describes why, in 1953, Chairman Mao changed China's economic policies to Stalinist socialism and its effect on the nation and its people.

An update of a 1960 text in which the author identifies and describes five stages of economic growth, and shows how his theories apply to the histories of particular societies.