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A review by sashybee
Capital Volume III: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole by Karl Marx
5.0
Kinda long and protracted, id give it 4.5 if i could because despite it being double the size and a lil more unfinished i found it overall more engaging than volume 2 was mostly because it considers capitalist production and circulation in its totality and forms that more regularly confront us today. if this was finished it would be as damn essential a read as vol 1 was because it answers on the common questions and criticisms ppl have on vol 1 and marxist economics in general that being; law of value in relation to supply and demand; how profit can be derived from non productive capital and labor(stocks retail finance rent etc.); and what the fuck is the stock market
i think marx sums it up pretty well in how and why these related ideas constantly confront us as our general Face and understanding of capital in how it constantly aims to reproduce itself by surface-level diverging from its basis in unpaid labor + expropriation, its just so damn complex because of the anarchy reigning in free market economy which makes it even more tempting to resort to faux generalizations and tautologies.
as always in marx and engels i think there isnt enough attention brought to colonization and its effects on primitive accumulation because of mass murder and expropriation far larger than what they both used as examples centered in western europe. But hey that would be elaborated by like lenin and mao and third world intellectuals so
Overall reading all three volumes were pretty fun to read even if marx's questionable math rolled in every once in a while for the last couple volumes. i wish i could say volume 2 and 3 are essential reads but i dont think theyre complete enough or smooth enough as works to be entirely recommended beyond idk summaries interpretations and references from following economists and revolutionaries. you can kinda get the gist from more concise explanations: this def reads like collected notes that follow marxs thought process more than a general comprehensible presentation beyond some chapters that were just bars after bars. still incredible theory and worth reading to try to Get capitalism even a little
i think marx sums it up pretty well in how and why these related ideas constantly confront us as our general Face and understanding of capital in how it constantly aims to reproduce itself by surface-level diverging from its basis in unpaid labor + expropriation, its just so damn complex because of the anarchy reigning in free market economy which makes it even more tempting to resort to faux generalizations and tautologies.
as always in marx and engels i think there isnt enough attention brought to colonization and its effects on primitive accumulation because of mass murder and expropriation far larger than what they both used as examples centered in western europe. But hey that would be elaborated by like lenin and mao and third world intellectuals so
Overall reading all three volumes were pretty fun to read even if marx's questionable math rolled in every once in a while for the last couple volumes. i wish i could say volume 2 and 3 are essential reads but i dont think theyre complete enough or smooth enough as works to be entirely recommended beyond idk summaries interpretations and references from following economists and revolutionaries. you can kinda get the gist from more concise explanations: this def reads like collected notes that follow marxs thought process more than a general comprehensible presentation beyond some chapters that were just bars after bars. still incredible theory and worth reading to try to Get capitalism even a little