Amin, director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal, uses this experience to describe and analyze social value and the price income system. Amin, a "dissenting economist," is well-known as a critic of the theory and experiences of development, and prefers an alternative proposal for the analysis of the global system which he calls "really existing" capitalism. He defines surplus monopoly capitalism and what he calls "the imperial rent," abstract labor and the wage-scale fiasco. Finally, he recommends further readings. Annotation ©2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
