Henryk Grossman

Capitalism's Contradictions

Studies of Economic Thought Before and After Marx
Herausgeber: Kuhn, Rick

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Produktbeschreibung

Henryk Grossman was one of the best-known and most influential Marxist economists of the 20th century, and yet most of his work remains unavailable to English-speaking audiences. His most famous book, The Law of Accumulation and Breakdown of the Capitalist Systemwritten while Grossman was a member of the illustrious Frankfurt Schoolhas been a point of reference for several generations of revolutionaries discontent with both Keynesian and Stalinist claims about Capitalism’s stability. This volume, collected and introduced by Deutscher Prize winning Grossman biographer Rick Kuhn, assembles several of the Galician Marxist’s most important essays, and serves as an accessible introduction to his project of recovering’ Marx. Throughout the collection, Grossman highlights distinctive features of Marx’s economic theory by contrasting it with the views of his forerunners, from Adam Smith to Jean Charles Sismondi. He then moves on to show how many Marxist economists import faulty assumptions from mainstream economics into their analyses, and in the process provides a unique overview of the major debates among Marxists over politics and economics between Marx’s death and the rise of Fascism in Germany. Rick Kuhn’s invaluable introduction provides vital context for understanding the development of Grossman’s ideas and makes the case for their continued relevance to contemporary activists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9781608467792
• ISBN-10: 1608467791
• Artikelnr.: 46299431

Autorenporträt

Henryk Grossman (18811950) was the most important Marxist economist of the Twentith Century. He was a founding leader of the Jewish Social Democratic Party of Galicia and later a member of the Polish Communist Workers Party. After holding posts as a senior public servant and professor in Poland, he was a member of the Institute for Social Research in Germany and, following the Nazi takeover, in exile. Dr Rick Kuhn is an honorary associate professor in Sociology at the Australian National University and long term socialist activist, who has written extensively on Marxist theory as well as Australian politics and political economy. His Henryk Grossman and the Recovery of Marxism won the 2007 Deutscher Prize.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements iii
Introduction by Rick Kuhn 1
Simonde de Sismondi and his economic theories 25
Fifty years of struggle over Marxism 1883-1932 71
Marx, classical political economy and the problem of dynamics 111
The evolutionist revolt against classical economics 163
W. Playfair, the earliest theorist of capitalist development 197
References 215
Index 239