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Ashok Kumar

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ERC Viewpoints: Monopsony Capital

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Ashok Kumar

Wednesday 21st April 2021
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Monopsony Capitalism explores the combination of capital’s changing composition and labour’s subjective agency to examine whether the waning days of the ‘sweatshop’ have indeed begun. Focused on the garment and footwear sectors, it introduces a universal logic that governs competition and reshapes the chain. You can find out more about the book here: Monopsony Capitalism 

Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar is a Lecturer of Political Economy at Birkbeck, University of London. Ashok published widely in both academic journals on a wide array of topics including land economy, primitive accumulation, globalization, and workers’ bargaining power. His most recent book is Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age.