In his latest study, The Decline and Fall of Sloanism, C4SS Reseach Associate Kevin Carson shows that the current economic crisis is not a cyclical downturn but a permanent structural shift — away from state-subsidized Sloanist mass production and toward an economy of relocalized manufacturing as well as increasing self-emplyment and participation in the “informal” sector of the economy.

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Citations to this article:

• Ryan King, Civilization shifting: a new leaderless era, MongaBay.com, 11/15/11