R E S E A R C H I N P O L I T I C A L E C O N O M Y
Volume 19 (2001)
MARX'S *CAPITAL* AND CAPITALISM; MARKETS IN A SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
Paul Zarembka, Editor
The political economist N. Sieber wrote a book in 1871 in part summarizing
Marx's value theory compared to Ricardo's, and Marx himself favorably
commented on the interpretation, thus representing a unique appreciation.
Here, for the first time, Sieber's Russian text on Marx is translated,
joined with an introductory article by James D. White and an article by
David Smith on Sieber's understanding of value theory.
Alfredo Saad-Filho develops implications of introducing a more refined
discussion of the composition of capital into Zarembka's work on
accumulation of capital in the previous issue. The tendency of the profit
rate under two alternative criteria for technical choice is analyzed by
Cheol-soo Park. Often introduced into a 'socialist' practise, the
regulation of social relations by markets is criticized by Martyn Konings
as being antithetical to socialism.
Ideology provides our representations of the world we live in and Thierry
Suchere connects the symbolic dimension to economic activity. Close links
between Wittgenstein's philosophy and Sraffa's political economy as both
embodying bourgeois ideology are developed by Jorgen Sandemose. Finally,
the Stalinist ideological formation as a key component of Soviet history is
developed from a Marxist perspective by Charles Bettelheim.
I. SIEBER'S READING OF *CAPITAL, VOLUME 1*; MARX ON SIEBER
Nikolai Sieber and Karl Marx
James D. White
Marx's Theory of Value and Money
Nikolai I. Sieber (1871), translated by Rakhiya Mananova and James D.
White, from *David Ricardo's Theory of Value and Capital in
Connection with the Latest Contributions and Interpretations*
The Spectral Reality of Value: Sieber, Marx, and Commodity Fetishism
David Smith
II. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CAPITALISM AND OF A SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
Capital Accumulation and the Composition of Capital
Alfredo Saad-Filho
Criteria of Technical Choice and Evolution of Technical Change
Cheol-soo Park
On the Political Economy of Socialism: Against the Regulation of Social
Relations by Markets
Martijn Konings
III. IDEOLOGY
Alienation, Ideology and Fetishism
Thierry Suchere
The World as a Game in Sraffa and Wittgenstein: A Case Study in Modern
Bourgeois Ideology
Jorgen Sandemose
Stalinist Ideological Formation: Absolute General Secretary and the
Proletarian Fetish
Charles Bettelheim, translated by A.D. Bhogle
Sponsor's Preface by Ranganayakamma
About 300 pp.
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