[lbo-talk] happy 191st

Mike Ballard swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au
Sat May 9 20:15:41 PDT 2009


Mike Beggs wrote:


> Limits to Capital is great, still my favourite Harvey book, although
> his stuff on 19th century Paris is maybe more fun. I always recommend
> it to people when I hear they're going to embark on a reading of
> Capital, to read first or even instead, because it's a better way to
> get an overview of the whole, restructured in a more rational way, and
> with open discussion of the problems. Especially due to the 'chapter 3
> problem' - I reckon it's better to not read Capital at all than to
> only read the first few chapters of Vol 1, because you'll come away
> with a distorted view of what it's all about.

I recommend a close reading of "Value, Price and Profit" as an introduction to CAPITAL. http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/

Mike B)

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