A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx
"A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy" by Karl Marx is a foundational scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. This work explores the structures and relations of political economy, beginning with a detailed analysis of commodities, their use-value, exchange value, and the role of money in capitalist society. Marx aims to dissect the complex economic relationships that underpin bourgeois society and the implications for social classes and labor. The opening
of the work outlines the broad scope of Marx's studies, asserting that the capitalist system manifests itself through the lens of commodities. He introduces the dual nature of commodities as both use-values—objects that satisfy human needs—and exchange values, which represent their worth in social contexts. The text eloquently sets the stage for a deep examination of economic relationships, particularly emphasizing how labor underlies value and the dynamics of a capitalist economy. Marx begins to delineate the transformation of commodities into money, highlighting the abstract labor that renders commodities exchangeable and the social implications tied to these processes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 |
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| Translator | Stone, N. I. (Nahum Isaac), 1873-1966 |
| Uniform Title | Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie. English |
| Title | A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Contribution_to_the_Critique_of_Political_Economy |
| Note | Reading ease score: 45.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
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| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HB: Social sciences: Economic theory, Demography |
| Subject | Economics |
| Subject | Marxian economics |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 46423 |
| Release Date | Jul 26, 2014 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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