ABSTRACT

Most developed economies are characterized by high levels of inequality and an inability to provide stability or opportunity for many of their citizens. Mainstream economics has proven to be of little assistance in addressing these systemic failures, and this has led both scholars and students to seek alternatives. One such alternative is provided by Marxian economics. In recent decades the field has seen tremendous theoretical development and Marxian perspectives have begun to appear in public discourse in unprecedented ways.

This handbook contains thirty-seven original essays from a wide range of leading international scholars, recognized for their expertise in different areas of Marxian economics. Its scope is broad, ranging from contributions on familiar Marxist concepts such as value theory, the labor process, accumulation, crisis and socialism, to others not always associated with the Marxian canon, like feminism, ecology, international migration and epistemology. This breadth of coverage reflects the development of Marxian economic and social theory, and encompasses both the history and the frontiers of current scholarship. This handbook provides an extensive statement of the current shape and future direction of Marxian economics.

The Routledge Handbook of Marxian Economics is an invaluable resource for students, researchers and policy makers seeking guidance in this field. It is designed to serve both as a reference work and as a supplementary text for classroom use, with applications for courses in economics, sociology, political science, management, anthropology, development studies, philosophy and history.

part I|41 pages

Dialectics and Methodology

chapter 1|12 pages

Dialectics and Overdetermination

ByAntonio Callari

chapter 2|15 pages

Epistemology

ByJack Amariglio, David F. Ruccio

chapter 3|13 pages

Marxian Class Analysis

ByRichard D. Wolff

part II|126 pages

Analytical and Theoretical Topics

chapter 4|6 pages

Exploitation

ByGuglielmo Carchedi

chapter 5|10 pages

Labor and Labor Power

ByErik K. Olsen

chapter 6|10 pages

Abstract Labor

ByBruce Roberts

chapter 7|11 pages

Money

ByCostas Lapavitsas

chapter 8|10 pages

Value and Price

ByBruce Roberts

chapter 9|8 pages

Capital

ByFred Moseley

chapter 10|13 pages

The Circuit of Capital

ByPaulo L. dos Santos, Duncan K. Foley

chapter 11|11 pages

Rent

ByFabian Balardini

chapter 12|13 pages

Productive and Unproductive Labor

ByErik K. Olsen

chapter 13|9 pages

Alienation

BySean Sayers

chapter 14|11 pages

Primitive Accumulation

ByRajesh Bhattacharya, Ian J. Seda-Irizarry

chapter 15|13 pages

Demand and Socially Necessary Labor-time

ByDavid Kristjanson-Gural

part III|98 pages

Capitalist Production and Reproduction

chapter 16|11 pages

The Capitalist Firm

ByDavid M. Brennan

chapter 17|8 pages

Marxian Theories of the Labor Process

From Marx to Braverman
ByRichard McIntyre

chapter 18|10 pages

Marxian Labor Process Theory Since Braverman 1

ByRichard McIntyre

chapter 19|17 pages

Accumulation

ByBruce Norton

chapter 20|10 pages

Marxian Reproduction Schemes

ByAndrew B. Trigg

chapter 21|9 pages

Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall

Long-term Dynamics
ByAndrew Kliman

chapter 22|11 pages

Business Cycles

Short-term Dynamics
ByErdogan Bakir, Al Campbell

chapter 23|10 pages

Neoliberalism

ByAlfredo Saad-Filho

chapter 24|11 pages

Financialization

ByDick Bryan, Michael Rafferty

part IV|70 pages

Capitalism, Non-Capitalism and Transitions

chapter 25|11 pages

Productive Self-employment in Marxism

BySatyananda Gabriel

chapter 26|13 pages

Socialism and Communism

ByTheodore Burczak

chapter 27|9 pages

International Migration

ByEsra Erdem, Maliha Safri

chapter 28|10 pages

Agriculture and the Agrarian Question

ByElizabeth A. Ramey

chapter 29|13 pages

Economic Development

ByAnjan Chakrabarti, Anup Dhar

chapter 30|13 pages

Transition

ByAnjan Chakrabarti, Anup Dhar

part V|73 pages

Marxian Traditions

chapter 31|13 pages

Postmodernism

ByJack Amariglio, David F. Ruccio

chapter 32|12 pages

Analytical Marxism

ByRoberto Veneziani

chapter 33|8 pages

Marxism and Keynesianism

ByClaudio Sardoni

chapter 34|9 pages

Social Structure of Accumulation

ByTerrence McDonough

chapter 35|11 pages

Monopoly Capital Theory

ByHans G. Despain

chapter 36|9 pages

Marxism, Feminism and the Household

ByDrucilla K. Barker, Suzanne Bergeron

chapter 37|10 pages

Marxism and Ecology

ByBrett Clark, Stefano B. Longo