9 Introduction
  PART I
  WHAT IS THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM TODAY?
13 [introduction]
  1 • The Overproduction Crisis of the 1970s. The Old and the New
17 CRISES-150 YEARS OLD
19 CHANGES IN THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC CRISES IN THE IMPERIALIST ERA
21 NEW FEATURES OF THE CAPITALIST ECONOMY IN THE 1960s AND 1970s
30 EVOLUTION OF THE TRADE CYCLE
33 THE SCOURGE OF CRISIS
36 THE FALL IN PRODUCTION
41 THE INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE CRISIS
44 THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE CRISIS (ALL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY)
47 THE STOCK EXCHANGE CRISIS
50 STAGFLATION, CAPITALISM’S LATEST
  2 • Capitalism’s Monetary and Financial Crisis
52 [introduction.]
53 MODERN CAPITALISM’S PROBLEM NO. 1
58 THE CRISIS OF WORLD ECONOMIC RELATIONS
60 COLLAPSE OF THE BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM. DECLINE OF THE DOLLAR
64 MONETARY HURRICANES
66 ‘PAPER GOLD’ AND ‘GOLD FEVER’
69 MODERN LEVIATHANS
  3 • The Energy Crisis in the World of Capital
74 [introduction.]
74 CAUSES AND CHARACTER OF THE ENERGY CRISIS
77 THE PROBLEM OF THE WORLD’S ENERGY RESOURCES
79 EVOLUTION OF THE FUEL AND POWER BALANCE
81 THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL OIL CARTEL
85 THE CRISIS OF NEOCOLONIALISM
87 THE MONOPOLIES’ ATTACK
  4 • The Ecological Crisis of Capitalist Society
92 [introduction.]
92 THE SCALE OF THE DANGER
97 WHO IS TO BLAME?
101 THE NEW STRATEGY OF STATE MONOPOLY CAPITALISM
105 DEEPENING OF THE CRISIS
  5 • The Crisis of State Monopoly Control of the Capitalist Economy
108 [introduction.]
108 THE BANKRUPTCY OF STATE MONOPOLY CAPITALISM’S COUNTER-CRISIS POLICY
113 THE STRUGGLE OVER REFORM OF WORLD CAPITALISM’S MONETARY AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM
117 THE URBAN CRISIS, A NEW SYMPTOM OF THE CRISIS OF STATE MONOPOLY CONTROL OF THE ECONOMY
120 THE CRISIS OF STATE MONOPOLY CAPITALISM
  6 • The Ideological and Political Crisis in Bourgeois Society
124 [introduction.]
124 THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM’S STATE AND PARTY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
128 CORRUPTION-THE ‘SECOND LAW OF VALUE ’ OF THE WEST TODAY
130 THE GROWTH OF CRIME AND DRUG-ADDICTION
132 THE DECLINE OF BOURGEOIS CULTURE
134 THE GROWTH OF REACTION AND MILITARISM
138 ANTI-COMMUNISM AND ANTI-SOVIETISM: A THREAT TO PEACE AND SOCIAL PROGRESS
  PART II
  THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE PROGRESSIVE FORCES’ FIGHT TO OVERCOME THEM
141 [introduction]
  7 • Unemployment in Capitalist Countries
142 [introduction.]
142 THE SCALE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
145 THE WORLD CHARACTER OF UNEMPLOYMENT
147 COMPOSITION OF THE UNEMPLOYED
150 HARD TIMES FOR WHITE OVERALLS
151 UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG FOREIGN WORKERS
154 THE POSITION OF THE UNEMPLOYED
  8 • The Rise in the Cost of Living and Deterioration of Workers’ Living Standards during the Crisis
160 [introduction.]
162 THE RISING COST OF LIVING
165 THE MOVEMENT OF REAL WAGES
171 THE STATE MONOPOLY POLICY OF SHIFTING THE BURDEN OF THE CRISIS ONTO THE SHOULDERS OF THE WORKING CLASS AND OTHER NON-MONOPOLISTIC STRATA OF SOCIETY
174 GROWTH OF INSECURITY
  9 • The Progressive Forces’ Fight for a Democratic Way Out of the Crisis
180 [introduction.]
180 INTENSIFICATION OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE DURING THE CRISIS OF THE 70S
187 LENIN ON THE CONTENT AND ROLE OF THE WORKING CLASS’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
192 TODAY’S FEATURES OF THE ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
195 THE WAY OUT OF THE CRISIS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKERS
197 AGAINST THE RISING COST OF LIVING AND INFLATION, FOR HIGHER REAL INCOMES
199 AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT, FOR GUARANTEED WORK
201 AGAINST THE INCREASING INSECURITY OF WORKERS’ LIVES
205 RADICAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM OF BOURGEOIS SOCIETY
207 DEMOCRATIC NATIONALISATION
210 DEMOCRATIC ECONOMIC PLANNING
212 THE STRUGGLE FOR A DEMOCRATIC WAY OUT OF THE CRISIS, AND THE FIGHT FOR SOCIALISM
  10 • Peace, Detente, and Co-operation of All Countries
215 [introduction.]
216 THE FIGHT FOR PEACE AND DETENTE
223 FOR DEMOCRATISATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE BUILDING OF A NEW WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER
234 CO-OPERATION WITH SOCIALIST COUNTRIES—A DICTATE OF THE TIMES
239 THE EXPOSURE OF LIES AND INVENTIONS
246 Conclusion
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