Marxian Economics: Notes from a Neo-classical Viewpoint

A clear walk through the key ideas of Capital and how they break with classical economics. A helpful companion for first-time readers of Marx's economics.

Tri Widodo

Shows how Marx read Smith and Ricardo and how his interpretation still shapes the way economists talk about classical economics.

Anthony Brewer

A classic essay reading Marx's crisis theory through class struggle, surveying his writings from the 1840s through Capital.

Peter Bell and Harry Cleaver

Applies Marxist crisis theory to the 2008 crash and asks whether it was a system-threatening crisis of capitalism.

David M. Kotz

Argues that today's economic crisis is a crisis of collective agency, linking Marx's law of value to the decline of the welfare state.

Korkut Erturk