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Philip Ferguson: Could you tell us a little bit about your political background and how you chose to do your PhD on British imperialism today? Tony Norfield: The PhD that I completed in 2014 was titled ‘British imperialism and finance: a contribution to the theory of contemporary imperialism’. I thought I had something new to The City, front cover of Verso booksay on these questions, both because ‘British imperialism’ was a term that nowadays seemed to be used only for the colonial period and because, as far as I could see, nothing had been done on this topic relating to the UK since the 1980s, ie before the recent decades in which the financial system had become such a major issue. I have long had an interest in ‘finance’ and capitalism, since well before I ended up, much to my surprise, in getting a job in a bank dealing room. I have always been interested in how things work economically/socially. Initially, as a teenager, this led me to be a left-wing Keynesian, as I thought the capitalist economy could be more progressively managed. Later, at university, I was attracted by Marxist analysis as it made much more sense! I have been a Marxist ever since. My jobs have also been in economics and business, and these have provided so-called ‘real world’ experience with which to judge and develop Marxist theory. Phil F: The book seems to have a wider remit than just British imperialism. What made you expand your area of analysis? Tony N: I think that any particular country can only be understood as part of the global system. How an economy/society evolves depends on its. . ." full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/interview-with-tony-norfield-on-finance-and-the-imperialist-world-system-today/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
