GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Ford Model T, Capital Accumulation, Trade Union
23 Nov 2012
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Over-accumulation (spatial fix, shift to finance, etc. ) Crisis tendencies natural result of capitalism sys. Solution to crisis over-accumulation = wwii b/c can mobilize soc to produce a lot of stuff then these things destroyed guns, weapons, tanks. New outlet for investment in production of things that get destroyed. German cities slaughtered during wwii outlet for capital accumulation. Great depression, wwii, era of high-fordism (1945-1973) Solve problem of over-accumulation by creating mass produc, large scale of identical commodity that"s very cheap + since it"s cheap have large market + causes massive consump. Idea that workers get high wage to guy goods that factories are producing. Grp of fr trying understand emerge of post-fordism. Tried to identify periods in history of capitalism. Collection of goods + tech assoc w/that period (technological paradigm) Mode of regulation: how do we prevent crsis, regulate + keep sys fr/getting out of control fr/over- To solve prob: mode of regulation took place.
