An Essay on the Crisis of Capitalism

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

A rigorous reformulation of Marx's theories of value and capital from a critical Marxist angle. For readers comfortable with economic theory.

Duccio Cavalieri