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Author Saad-Filho, Alfredo, 1964-

Title The value of Marx : political economy for contemporary capitalism / Alfredo Saad-Filho
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (x, 177 pages)
Series Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 41
Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 41.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-167) and index
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Subject Marxian economics.
Capitalism.
Economic policy.
Economic development.
economic development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
Capitalism
Economic development
Economic policy
Marxian economics
ECONOMIA MARXISTA.
CAPITALISMO.
POLÍTICA ECONÔMICA.
DESENVOLVIMENTO ECONÔMICO.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203245555
9780203245552
0203468279
9780203468272
9780415234344
0415234344