This paper reviews the historical roots of Marx's labor theory of value and some contemporary contributions to the critique of this theory. Modern commentary on Marx's labor theory of value based on dual system of parallel prices and embodied labor coefficients loses sight of the theory's roots...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. On Reading Marx: Method -- 2. The Commodity: Labor, Value, Money -- 3. The Theory of Capital and Surplus Value -- 4. Production under Capitalism -- 5. The Reproduction of Capital -- 6. The Equalization of the Rate of Profit -- 7. The Division of Surplus...