1. On The Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations, 2007/08 A. Erinç Yeldan Bilkent University IDEAs Network

2. something significant has changed in the way capitalism has been working since about 1970 David Harvey, 1989

3. Changes in the Global Environment economic limits of Fordist production and mass consumption have been reached by the 1970s. Profit rates in manufacturing in US and elsewhere started to decline as capital intensities increased

6. Source: Moseley, Monthly Review, 2003

10. Symbol tick = MAN country TURK cusip = 56418H100 isin = TURK56418H1005 / symbol sign - change = + caltype = percent 2.5 / change price value = 44.52. If you are still reading the above sentence, you are already too late!

13. Source: Wolff and Resnick, 2006, Advances in Marxist Theory

14. Source: EconomicPolicy Institute

15. Turkey: Labor Productivity and Real Wages, 2000-2006

20. Revised Growth Projections OLDNEW 2008200920082009 IMF, World3.93.03.72.2 IMF, Turkey4.03.23.8?2.3? Morgan Stanley, Turkey2.72.52.31.9 CBRT3.32.7

21. Revised Growth Projections 2008 January2008 November2009 january 2008200920082009 IMF, World4.54.03.82.20.5 IMF, Turkey4.03.23.8?2.3? Morgan Stanley2.72.52.31.9 CBRT3.32.7-0.5

22. Lessons the argument that this time things are different is a statement that can only be made by fools that fail to take any lessons from history... Kenneth Rogoff, IMF Chief Economist, 2005