Greg Albo
- Affiliation: York University
Greg Albo is a professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto.
Books by Greg Albo
Socialist Register 2012
The Crisis and the Left
Edited by Greg Albo, Vivek Chibber, Leo Panitch
As the crisis continues to bite deeper into the lives of people around the world, The Socialist Register 2012: The Crisis and the Left considers how the Left has responded and asks if it can offer a viable alternative. Examining the crisis in a variety of geographic areas including Africa, Latin America, Europe and China, contributors explore many themes of crisis from finance to climate, oil and auto to poverty and over-accumulation. Contributors: Nicole Aschoff • Elmar Altvater • Patrick… (more information)
Socialist Register 2011
The Crisis This Time
Edited by Greg Albo, Vivek Chibber, Leo Panitch
The challenge for socialist analysis is to reveal both the nature of the contradictions of capitalism in the neo-liberal era of globalized finance, and their consequences in our time. Crises need to be understood as turning points that open up opportunities. What implications does the crisis this time have in terms of capitalist economic and political restructuring? What possibilities do these open up for the revival of capital accumulation and the renewal of its political forms? Does… (more information)
In and Out of Crisis
The Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives
Greg Albo, Sam Gindin, Leo Panitch
While many are wondering if another world is possible, few are mapping out avenues to a post-capitalist future. In this groundbreaking analysis of the meltdown, renowned political economists Albo, Gindin and Panitch locate the roots of the crisis in the inner logic of capitalism itself and illuminate how the era of neoliberal free markets has been undergirded by massive state intervention. The authors argue that it’s time to start thinking about transformative alternatives to capitalism &mdash… (more information)