A Theory of Capitalist Regulation

Aglietta’s path-breaking book is the first attempt at a rigorous historical theory of the whole development of US capitalism, from the Civil War to the Carter presidency. A major document of the “Regulation School” of Marxist economics, it was received as the boldest book in its field since the classic studies of Baran, Sweezy and Braverman.

This edition includes a substantial new postface by Aglietta which brings regulation theory face to face with capitalism at the beginning of the new millennium.“One of the most important and stimulating books in Marxian political economy that have appeared for many years.”—Capital and ClassMichel Aglietta is Professor of Economic Sciences at the Université de Paris-X-Nanterre and an advisor to the Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII).