While there has been a great deal of debate around the topic of globalization, it has most frequently centered around the descriptive adequacy of the term. The article approaches the topic using long wave or stage theories of capitalism to examine whether the characterization of the current era as one of globalization can be given a theoretical and therefore scientific meaning within the Marxian paradigm.
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