The law of accumulation and breakdown of the capitalist system : being also a theory of crises

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The law of accumulation and breakdown of the capitalist system : being also a theory of crises

Henryk Grossmann ; translated and abridged by Jairus Banaji ; foreword and introduction by Tony Kennedy

Pluto Press, 1992

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Akkumulations - Zusammenbruchsgesetz des kapitalistischen Systems

Akkumulations - Zusammenbruchsgesetz des kapitalistischen Systems. English

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"First published in German in 1929 as Das Akkumulations - Zussamenbruchsgesetz des kapitalistischen Systems (Zugleich eine Krisentheorie), by C L Hirschfeld, Leipzig." -- T. p. verso

Bibliography: p. 202-205

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Henryk Grossmann's influential work provides the key to a fuller understanding of Marx's theory of crisis.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Tony Kennedy Henryk Grossmann and the Theory of Capitalist Collapse Tony Kennedy Introduction by Henryk Grossmann 1. The Downfall of Capitalism in the Existing Literature The point at issue The conception of breakdown in the existing literature How Kautsky finally abandoned Marx's theory of accumulation and of breakdown Notes 2. The Law of Capitalist Breakdown Is there a theory of breakdown in Marx? Preliminary methodological remarks The equilibrium theory of the neo-harmonists The conditions and tasks of schematic analysis Why was classical economy alarmed by the fall in the rate of Profit despite an expanding mass of profit? The views of classical economists on the future of capitalism The Marxist theory of accumulation and breakdown Marx's theory of breakdown is also a theory of crises An anti-critical interlude The logical and mathematical basis of the law of breakdown Why the Marxist theory of accumulation and breakdown was misunderstood The factors of the breakdown and the business cycle Crises and the theory of underconsumption The elasticity of accumulation The restricted development of productive forces under Capitalism The Marxist theory of imperfect valorisation Notes 3. Modifying Countertendencies Introduction Part 1: Countertendencies Internal to the Mechanism of Capital Increases in the rate of profit through the expansion of productivity Reducing the costs of variable capital through increases in productivity Shortening the turnover time and its impact on the rate of surplus value The additional money capital required for an expanded scale of production The conflict between use value and exchange value The emergence of new spheres of production with a lower Organic composition of capital The struggle to abolish groundrent The struggle to eliminate the commercial profit The economic function of 'third persons' Expanding the scale of production on the existing technological basis: simple accumulation The periodic devaluation of capital on the accumulation process The expansion of share capital The accumulation of capital and the problem of population Part 2: Restoring Profitability through World Market Domination Introduction: The economic function of imperialism The function of foreign trade under capitalism Foreign trade and world monopolies The function of capital exports under capitalism Notes Bibliography Index

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