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Abstract The financialization hypothesis (FH) is a popular leitmotiv which argues that the financial system conquers the commanding heights of the capitalist economy. It maintains that finance gained independence from productive-capital and began to dominate it. The FH bases this argument on several empirical claims concerning the size and the strategic role of financial entities. This article offers a critique of crucial analytical and empirical claims of the FH. It argues that the...

Two Marxian economists look at rate of profit and profit share in the current context. Stumbling and MumblingWhat's behind the rising US profit shareChris Dillow | Investors Chronicle Michael Roberts BlogTrump’s profits bonanzaMichael Roberts