Marxist Economics

Level 1: Fundamental Concepts

Introduction to Marxist Economics – Alan Woods and Rob Sewell

An Introduction to Marx’s Labor Theory of Value – Mick Brooks (And Part Two)

Level 2: Introduction to Prevalent Modern Economic Developments

Bourgeois Strategists Continue to be Haunted by Marx – Rob Sewell

1929: Can it Happen Again? – Mick Brooks

Stiglitz Blows the Gaff – Mick Brooks

What’s Happening to the Working Class? – Mick Brooks

Level 3: Classical Elaborations on Basic Principles

Wage Labor and Capital – Karl Marx

Value, Price, and Profit – Karl Marx

Level 4: In-Depth Analyses of Prevalent Economic Developments

The First Tremors of the World Economy – Ted Grant

The Class Struggle and the Economic Cycle – Alan Woods and Ted Grant

Level 5: Marxist Analyses of Economic Processes and Theories in Recent History

The Capitalist Curve of Development – Leon Trotsky

Will There Be a Slump? – Ted Grant

Level 6: Contemporary Elaborations on Advanced Principles

Marxism and the Theory of “Long Waves” – Alan Woods

Level 7: The Debate Over the Tendency for the Rate of Profit to Fall

The Capitalist Crisis and the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall – Rob Sewell

Level 8: Classical Elaborations on Advanced Principles

A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy – Karl Marx

Theories of Surplus Value – Karl Marx

Level 9: Prepatory Reading for “Das Kapital”

Synopsis of Marx’s “Das Kapital: Vol. One” – Frederick Engels

Understanding Marx’s Capital: A Reader’s Guide – Adam Booth & Rob Sewell 

Level 10: The “Big One”

Das Kapital – Volumes One, Two, and Three – Karl Marx