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Perfect for anyone Marx-curious in your life! Jamila Squire, co-editor of A Thousand Little Machines I think it will make a good educator for activists who are not familiar with economics – and that is very difficult to achieve Michael Roberts, author of The Long Depression and Marx 200: a review of Marx s economics
A good pocket-book for carrying around. I sense a great hunger among younger people for exactly this sort of analytical framework. Philip Hiscock, Canada
Colin Chalmers has written a clear, easy to read, short version of the three (very long) volumes of Karl Marx s Capital. Step by step he takes the reader through Marx s categories and definitions, and how they build into the complex web of modern capitalism. There s also a very useful glossary at the back. I only wish this book had been around 25 years ago when I was trying to wade through the original. James Clammer, author of InsignificanceCapital Condensed is a short, step-by-step guide to the three volumes of Capital for the time poor activist, curious student or general reader. If you want to understand Marx s investigation into how capital has grown to dominate our planet and must be superseded for humanity to survive this is the book for you.
CONTENTS Introduction – 1 Commodities and money – 2 Capital and labour power – 3 Exploitation – 4 Productivity – 5 Subsumption – 6 Wages – 7 Accumulation – 8 Origins – 9 Circulation – 10 Turnover time – 11 Reproduction – 12 Profit – 13 Competition – 14 The falling rate of profit – 15 Commerce – 16 Interest and fictitious capital – 17 Rent – 18 Appearance and reality – Want to discuss Capital? – Categories – References
Colin Chalmers wrote for the anti-capitalist direct action newsletter SchNEWS.