The Logic of Capital

An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-83200-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 436 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

This book presents the main economic argument developed by Marx in the three volumes of Capital in a coherent and comprehensive manner. It also delves into three long-standing debates in Marxist political economy: the transformation problem, the Okishio theorem, and theories of exploitation and oppression. Starting with discussions of methodology, including dialectics and historical materialism, the book explains key concepts of Marxist political economy: commodity, value, money, capital, reserve army of labour, accumulation of capital, circuit of capital, reproduction schemas, prices of production, profit, interest and rent. Scholars of economics, sociology, geography, political science, anthropology, and other kindred disciplines, will find here an accessible yet rigorous treatment of Marxist political economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Basu, Deepankar

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; Part I. Foundations: 2. Some methodological issues; 3. Generation of surplus value; 4. Realisation of surplus value; 5. Distribution of surplus value; Part II. Further Explorations in Political Economy: 6. Capitalism and technical change; 7. The transformation problem; 8. Exploitation and oppression; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Basu, Deepankar
Deepankar Basu is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His research interests span classical political economy, development economics and applied econometrics. He has published widely in peer reviewed journals. Basu is Associate Editor of the Review of Social Economy. He has co-edited a collection of essays on heterodox macroeconomics and political economy, Conflict, Demand and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Amit Bhaduri, Routledge (2021).