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  1. Market Society as a Liberal Utopia

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, March 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  2. Anthropocene and the Green New Deal

    Article • June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  3. Conclusion

    Article • June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  4. Cooperatives, Solidarity and Commoning Economies

    Article • June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  5. Degrowth

    Article • June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  6. Democratic Socialism

    Article • June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  7. Ecofeminism

    Article • June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  8. Ecosocialism

    Article • June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  9. Introduction

    Article • June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  10. Political Economy of Eco-sustainable Alternatives

    Article • June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  11. Marxism and Capitalism Forever: A Response to Smith

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  12. The Marxian approach to ecological sustainability in socialist society

    Article • May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  13. The Rare Earths Era: Strategic Metals Dependency & World Order

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  14. Capitalism as a Historically Delimited Society

    Article • July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  15. Conclusion

    Article • July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  16. Financialization

    Article • July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  17. Globalization

    Article • July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  18. Intangible Assets

    Article • July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  19. Introduction

    Article • July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  20. The Political Economy of Post-Capitalism

    Article • July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  21. Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, August 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  22. The Question of Socialism in China: An Introduction

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, August 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  23. Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World. Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World. By Brett Christophers. London: Verso, 2023.

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  24. Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism . By Kohei Saito. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  25. Book Reviews: Theory of Crisis

    Article • Review of Radical Political Economics, May 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr Richard Westra

  26. Rescuing Marx from a Ship of Fools

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  27. Theorizing the Neoliberal Era

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Westra

  28. A Japanese Approach to Stages of Capitalist Development

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Westra

  29. Economics, Science and Capitalism

    Article • November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  30. Introduction: Is the Uno school approach relevant to understanding present-day capitalism?

    Article • The Japanese Political Economy, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  31. Marxist exploration of East Asia's economy

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  32. Rethinking agrarian change from the perspective of Marx

    Article • The Japanese Political Economy, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  33. Financialization and Marxism

    Article • Science & Society, January 2019, Guilford Publications

    Dr Richard Westra

  34. Identifying capitalism and explaining its changes

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Westra

  35. Class structure in post-socialist China

    Article • Historical Materialism, December 2018, Brill

    Dr Richard Westra

  36. Why Marx's economic theory in CAPITAL is a science

    Article • Review of Radical Political Economics, September 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr Richard Westra

  37. Varieties of Alternative Economic Systems

    Article • July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  38. A Theoretical Note on Commodification of Labour Power in China and the Global Putting-Out System

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  39. The Political Economy of Emerging Markets

    Article • March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  40. Marxist Perspectives on South Korea in the Global Economy

    Article • March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  41. Travels to Socialism Interrupted: Origins of the Varieties of Capitalism Debate

    Article • New Perspectives, February 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Richard Westra

  42. The Rejuvenation of Political Economy

    Article • April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  43. Local Trade and Exchange/Employment Systems (LETS) in Future Eco-sustainable Societies

    Article • Anthropology in Action, January 2016, Berghahn Journals

    Dr Richard Westra

  44. In the Tracks of Imperialism

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  45. The Future of Capitalism After the Financial Crisis

    Article • December 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  46. Exit from Globalization

    Article • October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  47. The Japanese Economy in the Crossfire

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  48. Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity

    Article • May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  49. Renewing Socialist Development in the Third World

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  50. South KoreaDéjà Vu

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, May 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  51. Political Economy and Globalization

    Article • September 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  52. Political Economy and Global Capitalism

    Article • January 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Bob Jessop, Dr Richard Westra

  53. Globalization and Capitalism

    Article • Journal of Economic Issues, December 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  54. Book Review Essay: Economic Life beyond Capital

    Article • Review of Radical Political Economics, June 2008, SAGE Publications

    Dr Richard Westra

  55. Socialist Development Theory in the Era of Neoliberal Globalization

    Article • MARXISM 21, May 2008, Institute for Social Sciences, Gyeongsang National University

    Dr Richard Westra

  56. The capitalist stage of consumerism and South Korean development

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  57. Globalization and the Pathway to Sociomaterial Betterment

    Article • Review of Radical Political Economics, September 2004, SAGE Publications

    Dr Richard Westra

  58. New Socialisms

    Article • July 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra

  59. Value and the World Economy Today

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Westra

  60. Marxian economic theory and an ontology of socialism: a Japanese intervention

    Article • Capital & Class, October 2002, SAGE Publications

    Dr Richard Westra

  61. Phases of Capitalist Development

    Article • January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard Westra

  62. Periodizing capitalism and the political economy of post-war Japan

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Asia, January 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard Westra