{"product_id":"capital-condensed-a-short-guide-to-marxs-capital-for-our-age-of-global-crises-9781838064631","title":"Capital Condensed: a short guide to Marx's Capital for our age of global crises","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for anyone Marx-curious in your life!\u003c\/strong\u003e'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamila Squire, co-editor of A Thousand Little Machines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I think it will make \u003cstrong\u003ea good educator for activists\u003c\/strong\u003e who are not familiar with economics - and that is very difficult to achieve'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Roberts, author of The Long Depression and Marx 200: a review of Marx's economics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A \u003cstrong\u003egood pocket-book for carrying around\u003c\/strong\u003e. I sense a great hunger among younger people for exactly this sort of analytical framework.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Hiscock, Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Colin Chalmers has written a \u003cstrong\u003eclear, easy to read\u003c\/strong\u003e, short version of the three (very long) volumes of Karl Marx's Capital. Step by step he takes the reader through Marx's categories and definitions, and how they build into the complex web of modern capitalism. There's also a \u003cstrong\u003every useful glossary\u003c\/strong\u003e at the back. I only wish this book had been around 25 years ago when I was trying to wade through the original.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Clammer, author of Insignificance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapital Condensed is \u003cstrong\u003ea short, step-by-step guide to the three volumes of Capital\u003c\/strong\u003e for the time poor activist, curious student or general reader. If you want to understand Marx's investigation into how capital has grown to dominate our planet and must be superseded for humanity to survive this is the book for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e Introduction - 1 Commodities and money - 2 Capital and labour power - 3 Exploitation - 4 Productivity - 5 Subsumption - 6 Wages - 7 Accumulation - 8 Origins - 9 Circulation - 10 Turnover time - 11 Reproduction - 12 Profit - 13 Competition - 14 The falling rate of profit - 15 Commerce - 16 Interest and fictitious capital - 17 Rent - 18 Appearance and reality - Want to discuss Capital? - Categories - References\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Chalmers wrote for the anti-capitalist direct action newsletter SchNEWS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beachy Head Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50402276540690,"sku":"9781838064631","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47dde522-0884-401f-98dc-b7d5431c27a8.jpg?v=1729151252","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/capital-condensed-a-short-guide-to-marxs-capital-for-our-age-of-global-crises-9781838064631","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}