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Marxist EconomicsValue, Price and Profit/Wages, Prices and Profit By Karl MarxOriginally a speech to the General Council of the International Workingmens Association, this pamphlet is an elementary introduction to Marxist economics, dealing with some of the commonplaces of mainstream economics, and the Marxist answer to them. Contribution to a Critique of Political Economy By Karl Marx The Contribution is a useful text on Marxist economics. Capital I By Karl Marx Lots of people are daunted by Capital's size and legendary "Germanic" style of writing. In fact, most of the book is quite easy to read but there are a couple of pointers before making an assault on this quite long trilogy - firstly, while vol. 1 has an internal logical structure to its order, the first chapters are quite abstract. Marx makes much of "rising from the abstract to the concrete." The result is that many people find it makes more sense if you start at chapter 26, which discusses the origins of capitalism in a historical way, read until the end of first volume, and then go back to the start and read chapters 1 to 25. Secondly, because its length and richness in ideas can be quite daunting, it is usually best to read through it in groups and compare notes every chapter or two. You almost always get more out of serious books that way anyway. Capital II By Karl Marx Capital III By Karl Marx | ||||