Unravelling capitalism : a guide to Marxist political economy

pt. 1. Understanding the system. System that hides its secrets -- Marx's value -- Money makes the world go round -- Living and dead labour -- Exploitation at the heart of the system -- The anatomy of capital -- Squeezing the worker -- Productive and unproductive labour -- The reserve army of labour -- A world of alienation -- pt. 2. Dynamics of the system. The circulation of capital -- Capital's self-expansion -- Accumulate, accumulate! -- The falling rate of profit -- Counteracting influences -- Capitalism and crisis -- An ageing system -- The distribution of surplus value -- The world of finance -- Fictitious capital -- A second look at crisis -- Prices and the general rate of profit -- Politics of the crisis -- pt. 3. The changing system. The classical period -- The birth of imperialism -- The slump and state capitalism -- The long boom -- The return of crisis -- App. 1. The "reduction problem -- App 2. The "transformation problem" -- App. 3. Marx's theory of rent