Marx for the 21st Century Reevaluating Marx's Critique of Political Economy

This book offers a critical assessment of some of the most contentious topics in the Marxian critique of political economy in the light of the recent publications of the complete manuscripts and editions of Capital in MEGA. Covering issues like the incompleteness of Marx’s critique of political economy, the long-term trajectories of capitalism, the problem of economic crisis, and the center-periphery dynamics within global capitalism, this book offers an original intervention into the current debates of the Marxist tradition precisely at a crucial moment for the research of Marx’s critique of the capitalist economy, and recovers the true critical, dialectical and open character of Marx’s social theory.

Chapter 1: A historical critical edition of the works of Karl Marx.- Chapter 2: Dialectic of unfinishedness: 150 Years of Volume I of Capital.- Chapter 3: Notes on a crisis: the Exerpthefte and Marx’s method of research and composition.- Chapter 4: Investigating financial innovation and stock exchanges: Marx’s notebooks on the crisis of 1866 and structural changes in capitalism.- Chapter 5: A tale of two crises: research and writing process of Marx’s Capital between 1857 and 1868.- Chapter 6: New starting point(s): Marx, technological revolutions and changes in the centre-periphery divide.- Chapter 7: Surplus-profit: Marx’s elaboration on a key concept for capitalism.

João Antonio de Paula is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Hugo da Gama Cerqueira is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Leonardo Gomes de Deus is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.