Technology in the Global Economy Today: Overaccumulation Crises, "Casino Capitalism," and Uneven Development
Tony Smith
Tuesday, 14 Feb 2006 at 6:30 pm – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium in Howe Hall
Tony Smith has taught philosophy and political science at Iowa State University since 1980 and has been involved with the Radical Philosophers Association, Union of Radical Political Economists, Conference of Socialist Economists, and Philosophers for Social Responsibility, among others. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Policy Project, a non-profit and non-partisan organization for the production and dissemination of research on significant public policy issues in Iowa. He has written four books, including The Logic of Marx's Capital (1990) and Technology and Capital in the Age of Lean Production (2000). His research interests include a critical comparison between Marxian and competing accounts of globalization and the development of a systematic reconstruction of the globalization debate. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.Cosponsored By:
- Technology, Globalization, and Culture series
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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