Re: Query

[andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen@xxxxxxxxx>]

My favorite books on Marxist economics:

1. Paul Sweezy, The Theory of Capitalist Development
-- a wonderfully lucid exposition of Marx's views.

2. Harry Braverman, Labor and Monopoly Capitalism.
Still the best account of the exploitation of labor in
capitalism.

3. Ernest Mandel, Marxian Economic Theory, 2 vols.
Rather orthodox but fair and clear, makes serious
efforts to fill in gaps in practical sort of way.

4. Howard & King, The Political Economy of Marx. A
tough-minded, very critical "neo-Ricardan" account
that states (in my view) what is intelligible and
defensible in Marx's theory of political economy
considered from a somewhat formal point of view. NB,
you do NOT need maths to read the book.

5. Robert Brenner, The Brenner Debate: A good
introduction to the first Brenner debate, and
discussions about various  Marxist theories of the
rise of capitalism; see also The Boom and the
Bubble: the US in the World Economy; the basic text in
the _second_ Brenner debater, and the most complete
and successful attempt to articulate a credible
Marxist theory of crisis.

jks



--- "Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I find Harrison's MARXIAN ECONOMICS FOR SOCIALISTS
> (Pluto) to be very good in terms of a clear
> presentation. By not hiding political implications,
> Harrison is in many ways less ideological than those
> who don't deal with those issues.
>
> Charlie Andrews' FROM CAPITALISM TO EQUALITY is also
> very good. I think it can be found at
> www.laborrepublic.org but I couldn't open that
> website today.
>
> as for mainstream economics, the Goodwin, Nelson,
> Ackerman, and Weisskopf book MICROECONOMICS IN
> CONTEXT (prentice-hall, preliminary edition).
>
> Jim
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: bgramlich@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bgramlich@xxxxxxxxxx]
>       Sent: Fri 10/31/2003 8:19 PM
>       To: PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>       Cc:
>       Subject: [PEN-L] Query
>
>
>
>       Can anybody suggest a non-ideological, as well as
> an ideoligcally Marxist primary economics text for
> me?
>
>       Benjamin
>
>
>


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