Massimo De Angelis obtained a PhD in Economics at the University of Utah in 1995 and a Laurea in Political Sciences at the Universita' Statale di Milano in 1985. He is a critical political economist. He is author of several research publications on value theory, globalisation, social movements and the political reading of economic narrative. His most recent book, The Beginning of History: Value Struggle and Global Capital, came out in 2007 with Pluto press.

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