ABSTRACT

Karl Marx's writings provide a uniquely insightful explanation of the inner workings of capitalism, which other schools of thought generally have difficulty explaining. From this vantage point, Marx's works can help to explain important features and economic problems of our age, and the limits of their possible solutions. For example, the necessity

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|14 pages

Materialist dialectics

chapter 2|14 pages

Interpretations of Marx’s value theory

chapter 3|9 pages

Value and capital

chapter 4|10 pages

Wages and exploitation

chapter 5|17 pages

Values, prices and exploitation

chapter 6|10 pages

Composition of capital

chapter 8|15 pages

Money, credit and inflation