Marx's Critique of Political Economy Volume Two

Allen Oakley

Part 1: Exchange Value and Distribution Before Ricardo 1. Exchange value and distribution analysis before Adam Smith 2. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations Part 2: David Ricardo and the apogee of Classical political economy 3. Ricardo's Principles: exchange value and profit 4. Ricardo's Principles: rent and surplus Value Part 3: Exchange value and distribution after Ricardo 5. Reactions to Ricardo's theory: the 'mainstream' critics 6. Reactions to Ricardo's theory: the 'pseudo-disciplines' 7. Reactions to Ricardo's theory: the 'radical critics' of capitalism 8. Some particular post-Ricardians Part 4: Political Economy and the 'Law of Motion' of Capitalism 9. The Dimensions of 'motion' and the process of reproduction 10. The consequences of capital accumulation 11. Reproduction and the immanent crises of capitalism Part 5: Epilogue Marx's critique of political economy prior to Capital: a summary statement