Karl Marx / Theories of Surplus-Value Complete in 3 Volumes 1971

Description: Comes with free bookmarks Karl Marx' "Theories of Surplus Value" is essentially volume "four" of his magisterial three-volume work "Capital." It was apparently intended to be a sort of historical "afterward" to his more theoretical opus magnum but since he wrote it before he was able to finish the three-volume work (most of which was edited by Engels and published after his death), he was not able to refer back to the material which he intended to include in the first three volumes. As a result it is rather repetitous but still a very good read. Even if you have not read "Capital" lately or only read the Modern Library edition of volume one only, you will find it very interesting, much more pragmatic and grounded in history than his rather dogmatic first three volumes. Here he connects his theory of capital formation and surplus value (rent plus interest plus profit) back to earlier writers like Adam Smith and David Ricardo as well as the early French economists; all for their underpinings of the labor theory of value so important to his theory as well as their earier notions (theories?) of surplus value. The three volumes are very historical and very well documented, hence Karl Marx at his best. In my opinion, some of Karl Marx' best writing, and he wrote a hundred books! If you read the three volumes of "Capital" and these three volumes of "Theories of Surplus Value" you will have read the best six volumes of Marx' prodigous literary output!

Price: 399 USD

Location: Sayville, New York

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