Marx's Critique of Political Economy Volume Two - 9781138878617

Taylor & Francis

Volume Two covers the years 1861-1863, when Marx consolidated and refined the arguments of his critique of political economy in his relatively neglected manuscripts Theories of Surplus Value.\n * Special attention is paid to the nature, scope and limitations of Marx's critique and to the critique of Ricardo's Principles.\n > Part 1: Exchange Value and Distribution Before Ricardo 1. Exchange value and distribution analysis before Adam Smith 2. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations\nPart 2: David Ricardo and the apogee of Classical political economy 3. Ricardo's Principles: exchange value and profit 4. Ricardo's Principles: rent and surplus Value\nPart 3: Exchange value and distribution after Ricardo 5. Reactions to Ricardo's theory: the 'mainstream' critics 6. Reactions to Ricardo's theory: the 'pseudo-disciplines' 7. Reactions to Ricardo's theory: the 'radical critics' of capitalism 8. Some particular post-Ricardians\nPart 4: Political Economy and the 'Law of Motion' of Capitalist