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1、REVIEWOFTHEMONTHMonopolyandCompetitioninTwenty-FirstCenturyCapitalismJOHNBEllaMyFOsTER,ROBERTW.McCHEsNEy,andR.JaMIlJONNaAstrikingparadoxanimatespoliticaleconomyinourtimes.Ontheonehand,mainstreameconomicsandmuchoflefteconomicsdiscussoureraasoneofintenseandincreasedcompetitio
2、namongbusinesses,nowonaglobalscale.Itisamattersoself-evidentasnolongertorequireempiricalverificationorscholarlyexamination.Ontheotherhand,whereveronelooks,itseemsthatnearlyeveryindustryisconcen-tratedintofewerandfewerhands.Formerlycompetitivesectorslikeretailarenowtheprovin
3、ceofenormousmonopolisticchains,massiveeconomicfortunesarebeingassembledintothehandsofafewmega-billionairessittingatopvastempires,andthenewfirmsandindustriesspawnedbythedigitalrevolutionhavequicklygravitatedtomonopolystatus.Inshort,monopolypowerisascendantasneverbefore.Thisi
4、sanythingbutanacademicconcern.Theeconomicdefenseofcapitalismispremisedontheubiquityofcompetitivemarkets,pro-vidingfortherationalallocationofscarceresourcesandjustifyingtheexistingdistributionofincomes.Thepoliticaldefenseofcapitalismisthateconomicpowerisdiffuseandcannotbeagg
5、regatedinsuchamannerastohaveundueinfluenceoverthedemocraticstate.Bothofthesecoreclaimsforcapitalismaredemolishedifmonopoly,ratherthancompetition,istherule.Foralleconomists,mainstreamandleft,theassumptionofcom-petitivemarketsbeingtheorderofthedayalsohasastrikingimpactonhowgr
6、owthisassessedincapitalisteconomies.Undercompetitiveconditions,investmentwill,asarule,begreaterthanunderconditionsofmonopoly,wherethedominantfirmsgenerallyseektoslowdownJohnBellamyFoster(jfoster@monthlyreview.org)iseditorofMonthlyReviewandprofessorofsociologyattheUniversity
7、ofOregon.RobertW.McChesney(rwmcches@uiuc.edu)isGutgsellEndowedProfessorofCommunicationattheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign.R.JamilJonnaisadoctoralcandidateinsociologyattheUniversityofOregon.ThisisachapterfromFosterandMcChesney’sMonopoly-FinanceCapital:PoliticsinanEra
8、ofEconomicStagnationandSocialDecline,forthcomingnextyearfromMonthlyReviewPress.12M
