criticism that sought to reveal the basic nature of the capitalism of their time. Their theory, and its continuing elaboration …. This new edition of his essential work, The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism, is a clear and accessible explication of this …In 1966, Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy published Monopoly Capital, a monumental work of economic theory and social …

Marxism -- Chapter 10: The Commodity as Sign -- Section 4: The Social Relations of Production, Exchange and Consumption …. Marx’s theory of exchange-value is analysed in relation to those of Ricardo and Samuel Bailey. The case is made for … understanding value by analogy with language, followed by a critical assessment of Structural Marxism. Marx’s focus on the social …