Unravelling Capitalism by Choonara, Joseph -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction to the 2017 edition 1 Understanding the system

A system that hides its secrets Marx’s value Money makes the world go round Living and dead labour Exploitation at the heart of the system The anatomy of capital Squeezing the worker Productive and unproductive labour The reserve army of labour A world of alienation

2 Dynamics of the system

The circulation of capital Capital’s self-expansion Accumulate, accumulate! The falling rate of profit Counteracting influences Capitalism and crisis An ageing system The distribution of surplus value The world of finance Fictitious capital A second look at crisis Prices and the general rate of profit Politics of the crisis

3 The changing system

The classical period The birth of imperialism The slump and state capitalism The long boom The return of crisis

Appendices

1 The “reduction problem” 2 The “transformation problem” 3 Marx’s theory of rent