Wallerstein on the End of Capitalism

Published: April 12, 2017, noon

Our capitalist world seems mired in crisis, beset by low growth and instability.\xa0 Immanuel Wallerstein, the father of world-systems theory, argues that the current malaise goes beyond the periodic fluctuations of the business cycle.\xa0 According to him, capitalism\u2019s days are numbered: in 20 to 40 years it will be gone.\xa0 What replaces it may be something better or something worse.\xa0 Wallerstein discusses the end of capitalism, as well as resistance to Donald Trump and the recent attack on Syria.\nThe post Wallerstein on the End of Capitalism appeared first on KPFA.