Mathematical economics: reading suggestions

[DavidePRC]

Hi, comrades! I am new here and hope I am writing in the correct section.
I would like to ask for suggestion about introductory books of mathematical economics from a Marxist perspective.
The languages I understand better are Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, English more or less in this order.
Thank you so much!!!

[tuwix]

The best for you would be an italian version of "The Capital" - "Il Capitale".

[Dave B]

Are you a mathematician looking for some fun?

you could start with the Sweezy Transformation


P' = S/ [c+ v}

actually it should be


P' = S/ Fc +c+ v}

Karl goofed up on leavind fixed capital out.

divide numerator and denominator by v;


P' = S'/ [ Fc/v +c/v +1]


[ Fc/v +c/v +1] tend to [ Fc/v +c/v] with rising 'organic' composition of capital etc

and then if you can define Fc and C in terms of t (turnover).

you could differentiate or get


dp'/dt

or the rate of change of profit and prove the falling rate of profit theory.

I think did once and got a log to the base e curve or something.

Going the right way of coarse.

[RedWorker]

Did you read Lavoro salariato e capitale (http://www.marxists.org/italiano/marx-engels/1847/lavcap.htm) and Salario, prezzo e profitto (http://www.marxists.org/italiano/marx-engels/1865/salpp.htm) yet? They're basic texts, both by Marx, and the first one is pretty short. In the Italian MIA, I found like what seems to be a summary of Capital (Compendio del Capitale (http://www.marxists.org/italiano/marx-engels/1867/capitale/compendiocafiero.html)). And, of course, there's the actual Capital, which is extremely long and divided in three volumes.

[The Jay]

I would look into the Japanese analytical marxists. I haven't read them yet but they would probably be closer to what you are asking for.

[DavidePRC]

I thank you all, dear comrades!!!

I haven't read The Capital, which is a goal I want to reach, but I have read Value, Price and Profit and Wage Labour and Capital and found them enlightening, as I've found Socialism and Capitalism by A. Rumjancev et al., Progress Publishers.
In particular, I would like to begin with something of a general nature, some introduction about economics in general, but with a Marxist flavour.


Are you a mathematician looking for some fun?
Not a mathematician, but I am looking for some mathematical fun. I have got a humanities oriented background, but I am trying to reduce my level of ignorance by studying by myself: I have studied some calculus, linear algebra, geometry (affine, projective, topology, differential), abstract algebra, statistics and probability and I'm currently studying functional analysis, though I'm planning to join a university course for working students.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Contending Economics Theories by Wolff and Resnick will give you an overview of Neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian economics (focusing on the latter). It contains a bit of maths, but I don't know if it qualify at the level of mathematical 'fun'. Worth a look, though.