| 5 | INTRODUCTION |
| Part I | |
| METHODOLOGICAL AND HIST01CAL PREMISES | |
| 1 • THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE STUDY | |
| 11 | § 1. The Basic Principles of the Analysis |
| 19 | § 2. The Capitalist Mode of Production and the World Market |
| 30 | § 3. The Role of the Colonial System in the History of the World Capitalist Economy |
| 2 • A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE FORMATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND CRISIS OF THE WORLD CAPITALIST ECONOMY | |
| 36 | [introduction.] |
| 36 | § 1. The Pre-monopoly Stage of Capitalism |
| 40 | § 2. The Monopoly Stage of Capitalism |
| 49 | § 3. The World Capitalist Economy Today |
| Part II | |
| THE MAIN TRENDS OF POSTWAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
| 3 • THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF PRODUCTION | |
| 67 | §1. The Long-term Indicators of Production |
| 77 | § 2. The Factors and Social Consequences of Economic Growth |
| 85 | § 3. The Basic Branches of Production |
| 92 | § 4. The Sphere of Consumption of the Social Product |
| 4 • SHIFTS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRODUCTIVE FORCES | |
| 103 | [introduction.] |
| 105 | § 1. Capitalist and Developing Countries |
| 118 | § 2. The Principal Productive Force of Society |
| 137 | § 3. The Industrial Centres of Capitalism |
| 156 | § 4. The Agrarian and Raw Material Producing Countries |
| 5 • THE CYCLIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD CAPITALIST ECONOMY | |
| 179 | § 1. The Problem |
| 183 | § 2. The Postwar Industrial Cycle |
| 191 | § 3. Synchronism and Asynchronism in the Evolution of the World Cycle |
| 198 | § 4. The Capitalist Market and World Cycle |
| 209 | § 5. Industry in the Modern Cycle |
| 214 | § 6. Can We Forecast World Economic Crises? |
| Part III | |
| THE INDUSTRIAL AND PRIMARY COMMODITY BASE OF THE WORLD CAPITALIST ECONOMY | |
| 224 | [introduction.] |
| 6 • THE DETERMINING TRENDS IN THE POSTWAR DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURING | |
| 225 | § 1. General Results |
| 230 | § 2. The Industrial Countries and Primary Commodity Producers |
| 235 | § 3. The Increasing Internationalisation of Production |
| 7 • THE UNEVENNESS AND INSTABILITY OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT | |
| 244 | [introduction.] |
| 244 | § 1. Sectoral Structure |
| 250 | § 2. Scientific and Technical Progress and Labour Productivity |
| 255 | § 3. Changes in Regional Structure |
| 8 • THE PRIMARY COMMODITY SPHERE: STRUCTURE OF PRODUCTION AND INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS | |
| 267 | [introduction.] |
| 268 | § 1. Primary Commodities and Manufacturing |
| 272 | § 2. The Mining Industry and Farm Production |
| 281 | § 3. The Breakdown of the Traditional Structure of the International Division of Labour |
| 9 • THE AGGRAVATION OF PRIMARY COMMODITY PROBLEMS AND WORLD PRICES | |
| 290 | [introduction.] |
| 292 | § 1. The Historical Background of the Problem |
| 296 | § 2. Postwar Trends |
| 301 | § 3. National and World Prices |
| 306 | § 4. Monopoly Prices and the Liberated Countries |
| 313 | § 5. Imperialist Price Policy for Primary Commodities |
| 323 | CONCLUSION |
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