Class, Assets and Work in Rentier Capitalism

• Published in: Historical materialism : research in critical Marxist theory Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 3 - 28
• Main Author: Christophers, Brett
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden | Boston Brill 2021
• Subjects: assets; class; rent; rentier capitalism; value; work

Abstract 'Rentier capitalism' is the term increasingly used to describe economies dominated by rentiers, rents, and rent-generating assets. A growing body of scholarship considers how the ownership of such assets by individuals and households is reshaping patterns of class and inequality a...