If I want to learn Marxist economics kinda seriously (but not PhD seriously), do I need to slog through Marx or is there something more readable?
DirtyPair [they/them] - 6mon
Wage Labour & Capital and Value, Price & Profit are both fairly digestible
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glimmer_twin [he/him] - 6mon
Took the words out of my mouth. VPP and WLC will give you more than enough knowledge to explain to other workers how capitalism fucks them over economically.
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red_stapler [he/him] - 6mon
You could get pretty far listening to Richard Wolff lectures.
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Florn [they/them] - 6mon
Elementary Concepts of Historical Materialism by Marta Harnecker
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Nakoichi [they/them] - 6mon
One great resource is Marx Madness podcast, they do whole reading series and break it down for dummies like me pretty well. There is also a great resource I linked yesterday: The Rodney Yellow Thunder Online Library. It has a bunch of great stuff and a recommended reading list (its specifically geared toward decolonial theory to boot I cannot recommend it enough).
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plinky [he/him] - 6mon
money and totality by moseley, very condensed, but (statement is extremely in my opinion, it's not a universal or widespread reading of marx) good representation of capital v1
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sexywheat [none/use name] - 6mon
David Harvey has some books and youtube videos going over capital and some other Marx texts. He's pretty accessible!
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If I want to learn Marxist economics kinda seriously (but not PhD seriously), do I need to slog through Marx or is there something more readable?
Wage Labour & Capital and Value, Price & Profit are both fairly digestible
Took the words out of my mouth. VPP and WLC will give you more than enough knowledge to explain to other workers how capitalism fucks them over economically.
You could get pretty far listening to Richard Wolff lectures.
Elementary Concepts of Historical Materialism by Marta Harnecker
One great resource is Marx Madness podcast, they do whole reading series and break it down for dummies like me pretty well. There is also a great resource I linked yesterday: The Rodney Yellow Thunder Online Library. It has a bunch of great stuff and a recommended reading list (its specifically geared toward decolonial theory to boot I cannot recommend it enough).
money and totality by moseley, very condensed, but (statement is extremely in my opinion, it's not a universal or widespread reading of marx) good representation of capital v1
David Harvey has some books and youtube videos going over capital and some other Marx texts. He's pretty accessible!