Contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Dedication
6. Table of Contents
7. Notes on Contributors
8. Preface
9. Acknowledgements
10. PART I: Dialectics and Methodology
    1. 1. Dialectics and Overdetermination
       1. Dialectics
       2. Overdetermination
       3. Notes
       4. References
    2. 2. Epistemology
       1. Object of Knowledge
       2. Subject of Knowledge
       3. Content and Form of Knowledge
       4. Knowledge Production
       5. Effects of Knowledge
       6. References
    3. 3. Marxian Class Analysis
       1. Concepts of Class
       2. Marx’s New Concept of Class
       3. Equality and Democracy
       4. The Class Structure of Communism
       5. The Varieties of Class Analyses
       6. Class and Income
       7. Class Struggles
       8. Property, Power, and Surplus Conceptualizations of Class Today
       9. Notes
       10. References
11. PART II: Analytical and Theoretical Topics
    1. 4. Exploitation
       1. References
    2. 5. Labor and Labor Power
       1. Formal Definitions
       2. Consequences of the Difference between Labor and Labor Power for the Capitalist Enterprise and Economy
       3. Increasing the Intensity of Labor
       4. Conclusion
       5. Notes
       6. References
    3. 6. Abstract Labor
       1. Notes
       2. References
    4. 7. Money
       1. Introduction
       2. The Presence and Economic Role of Money in Society in General
       3. The Logical and Historical Emergence of Money
       4. Functions and Forms of Money
       5. Money and Capital
       6. Notes
       7. References
    5. 8. Value and Price
       1. Notes
       2. References
    6. 9. Capital
       1. The Circuit of Money Capital
       2. Notes
       3. References
    7. 10. The Circuit of Capital
       1. Introduction
       2. The Framework
       3. Simple Reproduction
       4. Expanded Reproduction with Say’s Law
       5. Demand-Driven Growth
       6. Expanded Reproduction with Demand Determination: Limits and Types
       7. Notes
       8. References
    8. 11. Rent
       1. The Theory of Rent in Marx
       2. The Theory of Rent in Marxian Economics
       3. Note
       4. References
    9. 12. Productive and Unproductive Labor
       1. Marx on Productive and Unproductive Labor
       2. Capitalist Employment
       3. Production and Nonproduction Activity
       4. Empirical Estimates
       5. Does the Distinction Matter?
       6. Notes
       7. References
    10. 13. Alienation
        1. The Politics of Alienation
        2. Early Work
        3. Alienated Labour
        4. Economic Relations
        5. Later Developments
        6. Abstract Labour
        7. Economic and Social Relations
        8. Alienation and the Critique of Capitalism
        9. Notes
        10. References
    11. 14. Primitive Accumulation
        1. Introduction
        2. Karl Marx’s Concept of “Primitive Accumulation”
        3. Contemporary Uses of Primitive Accumulation
        4. Primitive Accumulation and the “Outside” of Capital
        5. Conclusion
        6. Notes
        7. References
    12. 15. Demand and Socially Necessary Labor-time
        1. Marx on Socially Necessary Labor and the Role of Demand
        2. Seminal Contributions: Rubin and Rosdolsky
        3. Traditional Approaches
        4. Monetary Approaches
        5. Diachronic Approaches
        6. Notes
        7. References
12. PART III: Capitalist Production and Reproduction
    1. 16. The Capitalist Firm
       1. 1
       2. 2
       3. 3
       4. Notes
       5. References
    2. 17. Marxian Theories of the Labor Process: From Marx to Braverman
       1. Marx
       2. The Labor Process and Class Struggle
       3. Labor and Monopoly Capital
       4. Notes
       5. References
    3. 18. Marxian Labor Process Theory since Braverman
       1. Labor Process Theory since Braverman
       2. The “Core” Theory of the Labor Process
       3. Lean Production and High Performance Work
       4. The Post-Postwar Period
       5. Globalization and the Labor Process
       6. Notes
       7. References
    4. 19. Accumulation
       1. Notes
       2. References
    5. 20. Marxian Reproduction Schemes
       1. Introduction
       2. The Reproduction Schemes
       3. The Structure of Demand
       4. The Circuit of Money
       5. Conclusions
       6. References
    6. 21. Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall: Long-term Dynamics
       1. References
    7. 22. Business Cycles: Short-term Dynamics
       1. Introduction
       2. Marxist Business Cycle Theories
       3. Empirical Research and Further Development of Marxist Business Cycle Theories
       4. Conclusion
       5. Notes
       6. References
    8. 23. Neoliberalism
       1. Neoliberal Ideas
       2. Policy Shifts and Institutional Changes
       3. Classes and Class Struggle
       4. Neoliberalism, Financialization and Globalization
       5. Contradictions and Limitations
       6. References
    9. 24. Financialization
       1. Theoretical Antecedents
       2. Historical Antecedents
       3. Qualitative Change in Finance
       4. Inside Financial Calculus: Issues for Marxism
       5. Debating Financialization
       6. References
13. PART IV: Capitalism, Non-Capitalism and Transitions
    1. 25. Productive Self-employment in Marxism
       1. Introduction
       2. The Ancient Mode of Production
       3. Ancients and the Transition Debate
       4. Conclusion
       5. Notes
       6. References
    2. 26. Socialism and Communism
       1. Notes
       2. References
    3. 27. International Migration
       1. Introduction
       2. Inserting the Migrant into Modes of Production
       3. Value of Migrant Labor Power, Exploitation and Resistance
       4. Postcapitalism and Migration
       5. Conclusion: The Figure of the Migrant
       6. Notes
       7. References
    4. 28. Agriculture and the Agrarian Question
       1. Introduction
       2. The First Agrarian Question: Engels and the Peasantry
       3. The Second Agrarian Question: Kautsky, Lenin, and Capitalist Agriculture
       4. The Third Agrarian Question: Preobrazhensky
       5. Agrarian Questions Today: The United States
       6. Conclusion: Agrarian Questions for the Twenty-First Century
       7. Notes
       8. References
    5. 29. Economic Development
       1. Debates and Counter-Debates on the Underdevelopment Thesis
       2. Marxian Critique of Mainstream Development
       3. Interrogating Post-Development and Empire
       4. Unpacking Formal-Informal Dualism
       5. Development Crisis as Transitional Crisis
       6. Development as Growth: Global Capitalism and Primitive Accumulation
       7. Development as Social Needs: Class and Redistribution
       8. The Development State: Compassionate and Violent
       9. Notes
       10. References
    6. 30. Transition
       1. Model I: Deterministic Theory of Transition
       2. Dialectical Materialism as an Explanatory Mechanism of Transition
       3. Criticisms
       4. Model II: Non-Deterministic Theory of Transition
       5. Model III: Transition as Political
       6. Notes
       7. References
14. PART V: Marxian Traditions
    1. 31. Postmodernism
       1. Postmodernisms
       2. Marxian Economics
       3. Acknowledgements
       4. References
    2. 32. Analytical Marxism
       1. Introduction
       2. Analytical Marxism
       3. On the Use of Formal Models
       4. The Analytical Method
       5. The Core of (Analytical) Marxism
       6. Notes
       7. References
    3. 33. Marxism and Keynesianism
       1. Introduction
       2. Marx’s and Keynes’s Critique of Say’s Law
       3. From Marx’s Schemes of Reproduction to Kalecki and Post-Keynesian Economics
       4. Notes
       5. References
    4. 34. Social Structure of Accumulation
       1. References
    5. 35. Monopoly Capital Theory
       1. The Historical Development and Macro Dynamics of Monopoly Capital Economy
       2. Mature Monopoly Capital Development and Stagnation
       3. Development, Underdevelopment, and Stagnation in Monopoly Capitalism
       4. Economic Disorder and Social Disorders
       5. The Degradation of Work in the Labor Process of Monopoly Capitalism
       6. Monopoly-Finance Capital Theory
       7. Conclusion: The Double Revolution of Monopoly Capital Theory
       8. References
    6. 36. Marxism, Feminism and the Household
       1. References
    7. 37. Marxism and Ecology
       1. Capitalism: Endless Accumulation
       2. Treadmill of Production
       3. Second Contradiction of Capitalism
       4. Metabolism and the Metabolic Rift
       5. Conclusion
       6. References
15. Index

Notes on Contributors

Preface

David M. Brennan, David Kristjanson-Gural, Catherine P. Mulder and Erik K. Olsen

Acknowledgements

PART I

Dialectics and Methodology

1    Dialectics and Overdetermination

Antonio Callari

2    Epistemology

Jack Amariglio and David F. Ruccio

3    Marxian Class Analysis

Richard D. Wolff

PART II

Analytical and Theoretical Topics

4    Exploitation

Guglielmo Carchedi

5    Labor and Labor Power

Erik K. Olsen

6    Abstract Labor

Bruce Roberts

7    Money

Costas Lapavitsas

8    Value and Price

Bruce Roberts

9    Capital

Fred Moseley

10    The Circuit of Capital

Paulo L. dos Santos and Duncan K. Foley

11    Rent

Fabian Balardini

12    Productive and Unproductive Labor

Erik K. Olsen

13    Alienation

Sean Sayers

14    Primitive Accumulation

Rajesh Bhattacharya and Ian J. Seda-Irizarry

15    Demand and Socially Necessary Labor-time

David Kristjanson-Gural

PART III

Capitalist Production and Reproduction

16    The Capitalist Firm

David M. Brennan

17    Marxian Theories of the Labor Process: From Marx to Braverman

Richard McIntyre

18    Marxian Labor Process Theory since Braverman

Richard McIntyre

19    Accumulation

Bruce Norton

20    Marxian Reproduction Schemes

Andrew B. Trigg

21    Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall: Long-term Dynamics

Andrew Kliman

22    Business Cycles: Short-term Dynamics

Erdogan Bakir and Al Campbell

23    Neoliberalism

Alfredo Saad-Filho

24    Financialization

Dick Bryan and Michael Rafferty

PART IV

Capitalism, Non-Capitalism and Transitions

25    Productive Self-employment in Marxism

Satyananda Gabriel

26    Socialism and Communism

Theodore Burczak

27    International Migration

Esra Erdem and Maliha Safri

28    Agriculture and the Agrarian Question

Elizabeth A. Ramey

29    Economic Development

Anjan Chakrabarti and Anup Dhar

30    Transition

Anjan Chakrabarti and Anup Dhar

PART V

Marxian Traditions

31    Postmodernism

Jack Amariglio and David F. Ruccio

32    Analytical Marxism

Roberto Veneziani

33    Marxism and Keynesianism

Claudio Sardoni

34    Social Structure of Accumulation

Terrence McDonough

35    Monopoly Capital Theory

Hans G. Despain

36    Marxism, Feminism and the Household

Drucilla K. Barker and Suzanne Bergeron

37    Marxism and Ecology

Brett Clark and Stefano B. Longo

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