John Bellamy Foster is an editor of the Monthly Review, a prominent socialist magazine. He has written widely on political economy and has established a reputation as an environmental sociologist. Monthly Review is a socialist magazine published in New York City. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... Political economy was the original term for the study of production, the acts of buying and selling, and their relationships to laws, customs and government. ... Environmental sociology is typically defined as the study of societal-environmental interactions, or the relationships between modern societies and their biophysical environments. ...
He holds the position of Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon in Eugene. The University of Oregon (UO) is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ... Eugene is a common first name that comes from a Greek word meaning well-born. It is from this same meaning that the term Eugenics derives its meaning. ...
Books
Naked Imperialism: The U.S. Pursuit of Global Dominance (2006)
Pox Americana: Exposing the American Empire (co-edited with Robert McChesney, 2004)
Ecology Against Capitalism (2002)
Marx’s Ecology: Materialism and Nature (2000)
The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the Environment (1999, 2nd Ed.)
In Defense of History: Marxism and the Postmodern Agenda (co-edited with Ellen Meiksins Wood, 1996)
Capitalism and the Information Age: The Political Economy of the Global Communication Revolution (co-edited with Ellen Meiksins Wood and Robert W. McChesney, 1998)
The Faltering Economy: The Problem of Accumulation under Monopoly Capitalism (1982)
Robert McChesney is a media critic, academic, and activist. ...
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