Description: The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Rentier Capitalism is an account of the political economy of capitalism in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Review Quotes: "Bresser-Pereira has produced one of the most comprehensive interpretations of capitalism's evolution since the financial crisis, combining analytical rigour with moral and political commitment." -- Henry Veltmeyer, The Journal of Development Studies
"Examines globalization as a necessary and irreversible economic phenomenon derived from technical progress as well as an imperial project. Details the concepts of rentier and financier and the nature of the narrow class coalition that formed in the neoliberal years. Provides a methodological critique of mainstream neoclassical economics." -- Journal of Economic Literature (Vol. 63, No. 4)