Why Diamonds and De Beers?, or The Need for Accumulation Studies

David Troy Cochrane

No 2016/02, Working Papers on Capital as Power from Capital As Power - Toward a New Cosmology of Capitalism

Abstract: The text of this paper served as the introductory presentation for my PhD defence, held on December 2015. In it, I explain what I tried to do with the dissertation, the methods I used, and the larger project I hope it is initiating. Specifically, I suggest there is a need for accumulation studies as a field of research and analysis. The dissertation was a case study within this not-yet-existent field. Hopefully, this text serves to clarify my approach and, ideally, will generate greater interest in such research.

Keywords: accumulation studies; De Beers; diamonds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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