thoughts on the important distinction between ‘material’ and ‘social’ properties and relations in Marxist analysis
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thoughts on the important distinction between ‘material’ and ‘social’ properties and relations in Marxist analysis
Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies, a stray thought about tariffs and international competition.
Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 4
Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 3
Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 2
Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 1
Rosa Luxemburg’s analysis of crises from chapter 2 of ‘Reform or Revolution’, similarities to the 2008 crisis, and general comments on characteristically Marxist methods of analyzing the economy.
In Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence, G.A. Cohen quotes Marx from his Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859) in one of the most useful epigraphs I’ve ever encountered. A full reproduction of the passage, and some small discussion.