Abstract: The reader, having reached the end-point of our analyses, should bear in mind that this end is but the end of the beginning of an understanding of “Marxism.” There are matters in Capital that this book has not looked at in much detail. For example, having followed Marx within a closed economic system that is competitive in nature as the context to set out Marxian principles, there has not been a close look at the growth of monopoly capitalism not only in terms of its impact within a closed system, but what may be of more importance is the effect of monopoly capital as it expands into a global economic system in its quest for greater profits. And from a Marxian perspective there is always the concern with the human as well as the economic effects of such an expansion. At various places in his writings Marx comments on the internationalization of capital, but it is not dealt with, I would say, in a systematic manner. Yet it is a necessary consideration, for through it one can gain an understanding of what is going on, in modern times, underneath the guise of “globalization;” and have Marx “speak to us” on contemporary affairs. So this book tries to pull together a framework.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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