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Crisis and conflict are inevitable in capitalist economies.

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PECO1000 Student no. Z3220293 Marx debate. Week 6 Najah Ayoub Written Report Crisis and conflict are inevitable in capitalist economies. 'Marx believed that capitalism was doomed, and he developed an intricate analysis of the ' law of motion' of capitalist society to prove it' (Fusfeld 2002, p 50). At one level his argument had a moral basis. He argued that the 'inherent injustices of capitalism lead ultimately to social and economic conditions, which cannot be maintained' (Fusfeld 2002, p 50). On another level his argument is sociological: 'class conflict- between a decreasing number of increasingly wealthy capitalists and a growing and increasingly miserable working class- will lead ultimately to a social revolution' (Fusfeld 2002, p 50). To conclude his Final argument is economic, that 'the accumulation of capital in private hands makes possible economic abundance; yet accumulation also leads to depressions, chronic unemployment and the economic breakdown of capitalism' (Fusfeld 2002,...

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