| Reclaiming Marx's 'Capital': A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency Contributor(s): Kliman, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739118528 ISBN-13: 9780739118528 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $54.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: This book reclaims Marx's Capital from the myth of inconsistency. An accessible account written for non-specialist readers, it shows that the inconsistencies are actually caused by misinterpretation; the recent temporal single-system interpretation eliminates all of the alleged inconsistencies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 335.412 |
| LCCN: 2006028377 |
| Series: Raya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and Humanism |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.32" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book seeks to reclaim Capital from the myth of internal inconsistency, a myth that serves to justify the censorship of Marx's critique of political economy and present-day research based upon it. Andrew Kliman shows that the alleged inconsistencies are actually caused by misinterpretation. By modifying the standard interpretation of Marx's value theory in two simple ways, the recent "temporal single-system interpretation" eliminates all of the alleged inconsistencies. Written especially for the non-specialist reader, in a clear, accessible style and with the bare minimum of mathematics, Reclaiming Marx's "Capital" introduces readers to Marx's value theory and contrasting interpretations of it, the history of the internal inconsistency controversy, and interpretive standards and methods. Kliman then surveys Marx's falling-rate-of-profit theory, the relationship of prices to values (the "transformation problem"), Marx's exploitation theory of profit, and other topics. The book ends with a discussion of why the myth of inconsistency persists, and a call to set the record straight. |
