In the present paper will work analytically the category of economic surplus. It will use the theoretical framework of technology system developed by Leontief to expose a clear form as to distinguish it from other concepts such as the net product.

The old theories of imperialism attempted to explain the phenomenon of the militarization of the industrial nations and their conflict over colonies that led to World War I. It was the rise of monopoly capitalism, the emergence of finance capital and the control over the state that led...

This paper is the first part of a Marxian critique of the theory of the firm, focusing on the analysis of labour values. Starting from Adam Smith's example of the deer hunter marginal analysis is introduced, culminating in the derivation of the Labour Value Function as the supply curve of the...

This paper is the first part of a Marxian critique of the theory of the firm, focusing on the analysis of labour values. Starting from Adam Smith's example of the deer hunter marginal analysis is introduced, culminating in the derivation of the Labour Value Function as the supply curve of the...

In this paper, we show that Sraffa’s prices are consistent with Marx’s analysis of the form of circulation of capital (Money–Commodities–Money) and his theory of the creation of new value by labour in the production process. On the contrary, according to many neo-Ricardian and Marxist...

Both Rosa Luxemburg and Michal Kalecki utilised Marx’s scheme’s or reproduction as the starting point of their analysis of economic dynamics. However, Luxemburg did not realise that they were not meant to serve as models of capitalist growth, but rather to show that the conditions for stable...

Russian Abstract: Социальное неравенство между городским населением и жителями сельской местности в России является очевидным. Российская общественная мысль...

In his letter in response to Eaton’s review of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, Sraffa analyses the relationship between Marx’s general profit rate and sectoral profit rates determined by exchange ratios proportional to the labour values. The conclusion is that the...

The Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) is often proposed as a pre-Soviet popularizer of Marxist economic theories due to its electoral successes in Germany in the decades before World War I. Using the Synthetic Control Method (SCM), we examine whether German-language print references...

This paper criticises the generally accepted definition of labour value as first put forward by Nobuo Okishio as seriously faulty and in contradiction with the theory of cost. The shortcomings of this Cold War Definition of Labour Value are so obvious that it is difficult to understand how an...