The book presents a high-impact re-reading of core topics in the Marx and Marxist debates including: value theory, the commodity nature of money, complex or skilled labour, the determination of the value of labour-power and the nature of extraordinary surplus-value. Drawing on this literature, the book provides original and innovative insights into key controversies in contemporary capitalism such as the increasingly intellectual character of commodity-producing labour, the emergence of global value chains, the relevance of ground-rent bearing commodities, and the specific, uneven developmental dynamics of "resource-rich" countries in the global process of capital accumulation.

Contributing to the renewed vitality of critical studies of the economic works of Karl Marx, this book will be essential reading for all those interested in contemporary debates within Marxism, as well as readers of political economy, economics, development studies and economic sociology.

About the Author

Guido Starosta is a Professor in the History of Economic Thought at the National University of Quilmes (UNQ) and a member of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and of the Centre for Science as Practical Criticism (CICP), in Argentina. His research interests are in the critique of political economy and political economy of development. He is currently investigating economic and political forms of the accumulation of capital in Argentina. He also works on issues of method and subjectivity in the Marxian critique of political economy.

Gaston Caligaris is a Lecturer in the History of Economic Thought at the National University of Quilmes (UNQ) and a member of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and of the Centre for Science as Practical Criticism (CICP), in Argentina. His research interests are in agrarian production and the relationship between economy and politics in contemporary Argentine society. Other research interests include dialectical method and value theory in the Marxian critique of political economy.

Alejandro Fitzsimons is a Lecturer in Argentine Economic History at the National University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and a member of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and of the Centre for Science as Practical Criticism (CICP), in Argentina. His most recent research examines the forms of valorisation of capital in the industrial sector, with a regional focus on Latin America. His other research interests include the economic dynamics of capital accumulation in Argentina and general topics of the Marxian critique of political economy.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032063669
Author Guido Starosta
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g