Capitalism, in order to reproduce itself, must allocate more and more resources to the enhancement of the wealth already produced, rather than to increasing productive investments. The strategies for absorbing the surplus range from the reduction of supply to the creation of waste, from public spending to financialization. With the prevalence of these strategies, capitalism renounces to the maximum possible economic expansion in favour of its maximum expansion on society. It is a change that has consequences for environmental issues. The model of pure capitalism, in which the entire surplus is directed towards growth, is ecologically unsustainable. In today's historical capitalism, the goal of economic growth remains important, but it falls within that of increasing social power. Whether this is good or bad news for our biosphere will be discussed in other Chapters. Here we analyze the novelty.
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Titolo del capitolo
Il capitalismo manageriale e la nuova centralità del potere sociale
Autori
Nicolò Bellanca, Luca Pardi
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-195-2.08
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
O la capra o i cavoli
Sottotitolo del libro
La biosfera, l’economia e il futuro da inventare
Autori
Nicolò Bellanca, Luca Pardi
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
210
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Copyright
© 2020 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-195-2
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-194-5
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-195-2
Collana
Studi e saggi
ISSN della collana
2704-6478
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5919