Andrew Kliman

Reclaiming Marx's 'Capital'

A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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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.

Produktdetails

• The Raya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and Humanism
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780739118528
• ISBN-10: 0739118528
• Artikelnr.: 21073072

Autorenporträt

Andrew Kliman is Professor of Economics at Pace University, New York. He is the author of Reclaiming Marx's 'Capital' (Lexington, 2006 ) and The Failure of Capitalist Production (Pluto, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Question of Internal Inconsistency Chapter 2
Marx's Value Theory and Contending Interpretations Chapter 3 A Brief
History of the Controversy Chapter 4 Making Marx Make Sense: On
Interpretive Method Chapter 5 Simultaneism, Physicalism, and the Law of
Value Chapter 6 Was Marx a Simultaneist? Chapter 7 A Falling Rate of Profit
Controversy Chapter 8 The "Transformation Problem" (1): Marx's Solution and
Its Critics Chapter 9 The "Transformation Problem" (2): If It Ain't Broke,
Don't Correct It Chapter 10 The "Fundamental Marxian Theorem" Chapter 11 An
Empirical Defense of the Law of Value? Chapter 12 Summary and Conclusions