The Marxian Economics (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Das Kapital, A Contribution to The Critique Of The Political Economy, Wage-Labor and Capital, Free Trade, Wages, Price and Profit

Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, Samuel Moore, Edward Aveling, Eleanor Marx Aveling, Florence Kelley, Harriet E Lothrop, N.I. Stone

• Publisher: e-artnow
• Year: 2019
• Topic: Economics
• eBook ISBN:
  9788027304905
• Subtopic: Economic Theory
• Index: Economics

The Marxian Economics presents a rigorous anatomy of capitalist production, tracing how commodities, value, wages, profit, and accumulation arise from historically specific social relations. Its style is analytic and polemical, combining philosophical argument with empirical observation and a dialectical movement from appearances to underlying structures. Written against classical political economy, especially Smith and Ricardo, it redirects economic inquiry toward exploitation, surplus value, class conflict, and the recurring crises of industrial capitalism. Karl Marx, German philosopher, economist, and revolutionary socialist, wrote amid the upheavals of nineteenth-century Europe and during long exile in London. His journalism, political organizing, and collaboration with Friedrich Engels sharpened his attention to workers' conditions and the worldwide expansion of capital. Years of research in the British Museum enabled him to turn moral outrage into a systematic critique of economic laws that seemed natural but were, for him, historical and changeable. This volume is indispensable for readers seeking the foundations of socialist thought, modern critiques of inequality, and debates over labor, markets, and power. Demanding but rewarding, it suits students of economics, history, philosophy, and political theory who want more than technical models: a sweeping interpretation of capitalism's origins, dynamism, contradictions, and possible transformation. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes. - The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists. - A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing. - An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text. - A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings. - Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life. - Hand?picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.

Table of contents

• The Marxian Economics
• Table of Contents
• Wage-Labor and Capital (1847)
• Free Trade
• Wages, Price and Profit (1865)
• Capital
• Vol. 1 - The Process of Capitalist Production
• Part 1 - Commodities and Money
• Part 2 - Transformation of Money into Capital
• Part 3 - The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value
• Part 4 - Production of Relative Surplus-Value
• Part 5 - Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value
• Part 6 - Wages
• Part 7 - The Accumulation of Capital
• Part 8 - Primitive Accumulation
• Vol. 2 - The Process of Circulation of Capital
• Part 1 - The Metamorphoses of Capital and Their Cycles
• Part 2 - The Turn-Over of Capital
• Part 3 - The Reproduction and Circulation of the Aggregate Social Capital
• Vol. 3 - The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole
• Part 1 - The Conversion Of Surplus-Value Into Profit And of the Rate Of Surplus-Value Into The Rate Of Profit.
• Part 2 - Conversion of Profit into Average Profit
• Part 3 - The Law of the Falling Tendency of the Rate of Profit
• Part 4 - Transformation of Commodity-Capital and Money-Capital into Commercial Capital and Financial Capital
• Part 5 - Division of Profit into Interest and Profits of Enterprise
• Part 6 - Transformation of Surplus Profit into Ground-Rent
• Part 7 - The Revenues and their Sources
• A Contribution to The Critique Of The Political Economy