Transnational capitalists and global elites are confident that the world economy has recovered from the 2008 financial collapse, but there is good reason to believe that another crisis of major proportions looms on the horizon. Digitalisation and fourth industrial revolution technologies are driving a new round of global capitalist restructuring, yet they are also aggravating the underlying structural conditions that generate crisis; in particular, overaccumulation. Transnational investors have been pouring billions of dollars into the rapid digitalisation of global capitalism as the latest outlet for its surplus accumulated capital and hedging their bets on new investment opportunities in global police state. The concept of global police state allows us to identify how the economic dimensions of global capitalist transformation intersect in new ways with political, ideological and military dimensions of this transformation. There is a convergence around global capitalism’s political need for social control and repression and its economic need to perpetuate accumulation in the face of stagnation. When the next crisis hits, the Left and resistance forces from below must be in a position to seize the initiative and to push back at global police state.

William I. Robinson

Race & Class

Race & Class is a refereed, ISI-ranked publication, the foremost English language journal on racism and imperialism in the world today. For three decades it has established a reputation for the breadth of its analysis, its global outlook and its multidisciplinary approach.

Race & Class is a peer-reviewed, ISI-ranked journal and is the leading English-language publication on racism and imperialism in the world today. For three decades, it has built a reputation for its comprehensive analysis, global perspective, and multidisciplinary approach.

《Race and Class》是一本经过同行评审的、被ISI收录的期刊，是当今世界上关于种族主义和帝国主义的最重要的英文期刊。三十年来，它以其广泛的分析、全球视野和多学科的方法建立了良好的声誉。

Category	Quartile
社会学	2
社会学, 人类学	2
社会学, 民族研究	3
社会学, 社会问题	3
社会学, 社会科学跨领域	3
社会学, 社会学	3

The next economic crisis: digital capitalism and global police state

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