The Nature of Capitalism in Global The focus of the overall class is the (a) various conceptualizations of capitalism; (b) the historical specificity of capitalism;

(c) the role and function of the state in capitalist societies; (d) the universalizing and expansionist tendency of capitalism; (e) the nature of capitalist crises; (f) the most recent global crisis and the debate over the causes of the crisis; (g) the nature of capitalism in the Global South; and (h) the relationship between capitalism and the current ecological crisis.
Using two or three of the above topics address the nature of capitalism in the Global South.