This book carefully guides the reader through each chapter of the first volume of Capital. It sets Marx's arguments in context, and explains their relevance today, and it offers insights into Marx's method, highlighting key concepts running through the book. It also offers pointers to wider works th
Understanding Marx's Capital: A Reader's Guide
✍ Scribed by Adam Booth, Rob Sewell
- Publisher
- Wellred Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 304
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: the making of Marx’s Capital
Introduction: Marxism in Our Time
1) Chapter 1: The Commodity
2) Chapters 2-3: Money
3) Chapters 4-8: Surplus-value
4) Chapters 9-11: Exploitation
5) Chapters 12-14: Productivity, Co-operation, and the Division of Labour
6) Chapter 15: The Machine
7) Chapters 16-22: Wages
8) Chapters 23-25: Accumulation
9) Chapters 26-33: The Origins of Capitalism
Appendix 1: The Organic Crisis of Capitalism
Appendix 2: ‘Underconsumption’ and the Marxist Theory of Crisis
Appendix 3: The Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall
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