No.339
Economic theory - post, read, request.
No.340
Basic Principles of Marxist Economics
No.341
Economic History (not a Marxist angle, just a "neutral" historical look at the history of economies)
No.342
Modern Economic Theory and Development. Again, not a Marxist analysis but it's important to engage in the more "mainstream" work as well.
No.343
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, Marx, 1859
No.344
Introducing Marxist Economics
No.345
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, 1844, Karl Marx
No.346
An introduction to Keynesian Economic theory.
Keynesian Economic ideas are currently very popular in mainstream economics, since 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_economics
No.358
Some mainstream Macroeconomics
No.359
This is a Macroeconomics textbook by Olivier Blanchard, his textbooks are used in pretty much every undergraduate macroeconomics course in every European university these days, so he's worth reading.
No.431
No.438
What do you guys think about this?
No.439
>>438
why are the unemployed included in the category of "guard labour" in this model? or are they just using them as a comparison figure?
pages 340 - 341 (12 and 13 in pdf) are really interesting, about the different amounts of guard labour as proportion of whole labour force in different countries.
p342 - "Countries in which conflicts between classes, ethnic or racial groups and political factions are
greater may be expected to devote more resources to guard labor."
No.463
>>439
Because, much like the prisoner population*, they have the function to discipline the workers simply by existing. They are living testimonies of what can happen to you.
The greater the unemployed population, the more it depresses wages and weakens labor power and demands. The knowledge that 10 others are ready to take their place probably has a greater impact on worker productivity and discipline than having supervisors breathing down their necks.
* The prisoner population is also a necessary byproduct of law enforcement of course. Well, most of the unemployed population is also a byproduct of the economic model and state policies (competitiveness, welfare…) These populations are all part of the cost, in manpower and state expenses, of maintaining the model.
No.464
>>463
It can also be argued that job-seekers in countries with high unemployment actively work by sending their resumes everywhere, thus helping companies find the best workers without having to employ headhunters for example. This is an economic activity even if it is unpaid.
But they're considered guard labor for the reason I mentioned in the other post.
No.466
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
Here is a really good video that covers some modern economists ideas on Marxism, and the relationship between value and labor. One is a Yale economist who is a Marxist, but takes Marx's LTV as a kind of illustration of an idea that he thinks can be demonstrated in a neoclassical context. The other is a dude I'm not familiar with.
They talk about the present, past and the future, unemployment, rent, and some other stuff.
No.531
From /leftypol/ anon: Bernard Lietaer and Jacqui Dune. Rethinking Money
No.547
Anyone have any more infographics of images like this that explain in simple terms how a socialist workplace or socialist economy would work?
No.548
An updated version of Henry Georges classic Progress and Poverty. One of the best works of classical political economy, you don't really need to know Smith or Ricardo to get this it's all in very simple to grasp language.
http://www.henrygeorge.org/pcontents.htm
http://hgchicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/PP_wholebook_mp3.zip [audiobook, around 300 mbs]
No.579
Interesting in light of today's Greek situation, this introductory economics book was written in 1998 by Yanis Varoufakis, currently the Greek minister of finance under the Syriza government.
While there is no end of debate to be had as to whether Varoufakis' political and economic position is truly a socialist one or not, there is no doubt that he is critical of many elements of mainstream capitalist economics, and opts for "post-Keynesian" explanations.
Have a read, and judge for yourselves. Always remember that there is no objective economics. When learning economics, always consider who has written the text, who has designed the economic models you're using, and consider their premises, their assumptions, their validity, and their accuracy in real world prediction or analysis.
No.594
>>339 Does this include the gnp of all the Soviet states or just Russia?. Obviously the breakup had a negative effect, the soviets had a captive market for their goods and now the west could trade in the Warsaw pact countries. Commodities plummeted as well.
No.595
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>>594
Not sure exactly, but given that the curve matches this graph, I'd say all the former Soviet States (FSU = Former Soviet Union). Obviously this graph shows a later time period too, and yes it turns back upward, but that is the general trajectory to be expected in any economy, really. The dip is still a sure sign that something went wrong in the transition to capitalism.
No.600
I'm a complete retard when it comes to economy. What book should I start with?
I'm stupid enough that even the economy-related parts of Spice and Wolf just flew past me. That's how much of a retard we are talking about - but I'd like to change that.
No.601
>>600
I would recommend "Economics in One Lesson" by Thomas Sowell.
But I'm sure there will be haters. There always are.
No.602
>>601
Thank you. I just need a starting point. I'll check that one out.
No.603
>>602
I think kick ass torrents has an audiobook. A PDF is probably easy to find.
No.605
>>603
If it isn't on the 2 big IRC channels for ebooks, I can check MAM or abtorrents if it isnt on demonoid, TPB or kickass. Thanks again!
No.606
>>605
Same guy here. To my surprise the PDF is legitimately free if anyone else wants it:
https://mises.org/library/economics-one-lesson
I also found epub and mobi versions on TPB.
No.608
>>600
The most important thing to consider is that there is not one economic understanding of things, there is not one jumping off point; it's not like math or the natural sciences, or even a language. It's more akin to sociology than anything else, so honestly your best starting point is probably whatever is considered "mainstream" economics today, and then to work through the variety of opposing theories and models from there.
Maybe start with >>342 and then see where you want to go from there. Also read the post (not necessarily the document) of >>579 - in terms of the explanation of the subjectivity of economics.
> Always remember that there is no objective economics. When learning economics, always consider who has written the text, who has designed the economic models you're using, and consider their premises, their assumptions, their validity, and their accuracy in real world prediction or analysis.
No.618
Dumping some technical-ish Marxist stuff
No.619
Dumping some technical-ish Marxist stuff
No.644
>>339
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6sYdEuwtb1MVRrt8d9mOZg
a huge youtube channel where a guy talk about economy from a mathematical point of view. It's just what people should see in economic schools.
No.645
>>644
It's in french, unfortunately.
No.730
Marxist Economics - A Handbook of Basic Definitions
No.756
https://mises.org/sites/default/files/Socialism%20An%20Economic%20and%20Sociological%20Analysis_3.pdf
Complete and utter refutation of socialism in all its forms by brilliant Austrian economist Ludwig Mises
No.778
Goddamn. Thanks Anons this is a goldmine.
No.781
>>618
Everyone should read this book. So good.
No.783
Many gomr8s complain about the length and difficulty of Das Kapital.
This easy to read textbook published by the CPC at the tail-end of the cultural revolution explains both basic and advanced concepts of Marxist economics in fairly simple and clear language. The chapters are relatively short and subdivided by theme and at just under 500 pages you could do a lot worse for a Marxist textbook.
https://archive.org/details/FundamentalsOfPoliticalEconomy
(8chan hasn't been letting me upload books lately, but you can download and read it on pdf, kindle, etc.)
No.906
https://archive.org/details/marxianeconomich00emmeuoft
The Marxian economic handbook and glossary : with numerous corrections, explanations and emendations of the English version of vol. I of "Capital"
W. H. Emmett.
Pretty damn underrated imo.
http://links.org.au/files/Marxist%20Economics.pdf
MARXIST ECONOMICS A handbook of basic definitions
Allen Myers
https://bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com/2015/10/24/outline-study-course-in-marxian-economics-i-c-c-ca-1937/
Outline study course in Marxian economics
Paul Mattick
No.907
No.1091
>>359
This shit is like €60 on amazon