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Abstract Labor- Capital chapter one
Capital Chapter 1 Compared with the Critique of Political Economy, Capital’s opening exposition is much clearer and more powerful, due in large part to the category of ‘intrinsic value’ which Marx introduces. Commodities have an intrinsic value which is expressed … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract labor, capital, commodity, marx, physiological, universal, value-form
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Abstract Labor- Critique of Political Economy
Critique of Political Economy , Chapter One [I am using some obscure edition from 1904 by International Library Publishing Co. NI Stone translation. So I’m sure the page numbers will be of no use to anyone. Sorry. However a few … Continue reading
Diet-Soap interview re Fetishism, Das Kapital, Abstraction, etc….
Doug Lain’s fantastic Diet Soap podcast features an interview with yours truly this week: http://dietsoap.podomatic.com/entry/2012-04-17T12_49_35-07_00 We discuss all sorts of things from Fetishism to real abstraction to reading Kapital. I also … Continue reading
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Tagged abstraction, capital, diet soap, fetishism, marx, podcast
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Network for the Circulation of Theoretical Struggles
There is a new website in town. Now, perhaps you are already maxed-out on new websites, but I would urge regular readers to consider paying a bit of attention to this new site as it is a bit unique. The … Continue reading
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Tagged capital, capitalism, communism, crisis, marx, NCTS, network for the circulation of theoretical struggles, OWS, practics, praxis, reading, reading group, revolution, socialism, theory, thought
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Marginal Futility- Reflections on Simon Clarke’s “Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology”
Reflections on Simon Clarke’s “Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology” I say “reflections” but this post is mostly a summary of parts of this great book by Simon Clarke. I read Clarke’s book “Marx’s Theory of Crisis” a year ago and … Continue reading
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Tagged austrian, bohm-bawerk, capital, classical, economics, ludwig von mises, marginalism, marx, neo-classical, simon clarke, utility
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DietSoap Interview on Harvey-Kliman-Wolff
Last week I did another interview with Doug Lain of Diet Soap. We talked about three different Marxist crisis theorists: David Harvey, Andrew Kliman and Rick Wolff.
Subject/Object- thoughts
subject/object- preliminary thoughts. While I often post early drafts of scripts on the blog it is not often that I actually post something of this sort- a pre-draft exploration of a topic. I am doing so because I find the … Continue reading
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Tagged capital, dialectic, economics, inversion, labor theory of value, marx, object, objective, subject, subjective, value
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Capital Vol. III Part III Chapter 15. Exposition of the Internal Contradictions of the Law
Capital Vol. III Part III The Law of the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall Chapter 15. Exposition of the Internal Contradictions of the Law After two chapters of pretty straightforward exposition of the falling rate of profit … Continue reading
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Tagged capital, Das Kapital, falling rate of profit, harvey, kliman, marx, volume 3
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Kapital vol 3; Chapter 14. Counteracting Influences
Capital Vol. III Part III: The Law of the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall Chapter 14. Counteracting Influences (This post is part of an ongoing project: a close reading of volume 3 of Kapital, one post per … Continue reading
The Tendency of the Mass of Crisis Theory to Rise
This is my first draft of my paper for “The Economic Crisis and the Left Response” which is taking place in New York this coming weekend (11-6-10). “First draft?” you ask, “Isn’t that happening in just 4 days?” Yes, I … Continue reading
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Tagged capital, capitalism, counter-tendency, crisis, falling rate of profit, finance, harvey, kliman, monopoly school, realization, speculation, surplus value, sweezy, tendency, underconsumption, wolfe
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