The value of Marx : political economy for contemporary capitalism / Alfredo Saad-Filho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saad-Filho, Alfredo, 1964-

Series:

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 41.

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marxian economics.

Capitalism.

Economic policy.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 177 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Karl Marx's writings provide a uniquely insightful explanation of the inner workings of capitalism, which other schools of thought generally have difficulty explaining. From this vantage point, Marx's works can help to explain important features and economic problems of our age, and the limits of their possible solutions. For example, the necessity and origin of money, the growth of the wage-earning class, uneven development, cycles and crises, and the relevant impoverishment of the workers, leading to debt and overwork.The Value of Marx demonstrates that:*capitalist productio

Contents:

1. Materialist dialectics

2. Interpretations of Marx's value theory

3. Value and capital

4. Wages and exploitation

5. Values, prices and exploitation

6. Composition of capital

7. Transformation of values into prices of production

8. Money, credit and inflation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-167) and index.

ISBN:

9781134566969

1134566964

9781134566976

1134566972

9780429232602

0429232608

9781280403996

1280403993

9780203468272

0203468279

9780203245552

0203245555

OCLC:

58961190