course on marxian economics

[edwad]

next year I'm doing an online intro to marxian economics where we'll be reading a few books, watching some videos, etc and i was wondering if there were any important resources ive missed.

so far ive got these books


wage-labor and capital
value, price, and profit
communist manifesto
capital vol 1
an introduction to marxist economic theory - ernest mandel
political economy - john eaton


and I'm using richard wolffs intensive introduction to marxian economics series as well as harveys videos on capital. I'm open to other suggestions that others think might be important for this course. as its only an intro course, I'm unsure about adding things that go beyond the realm of orthodox marxism (if the course is successful ill probably do another course to get through volume 2 and throw in some other more advanced books on marxian economics like imperialism or whatever).

any suggestions?

[Dodo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marxian_economists

check Paul Mattick as well.

Are you looking for specifically market economics or does it include economic history?

[Zhi]

Mises's the anti-capitalist mentality is a good one if you just want to see potential refutations of Marxian economics.

[RedMaterialist]

Monopoly Capital, Sweezy and Baran

[Creative Destruction]

next year I'm doing an online intro to marxian economics where we'll be reading a few books, watching some videos, etc and i was wondering if there were any important resources ive missed.

so far ive got these books


wage-labor and capital
value, price, and profit
communist manifesto
capital vol 1
an introduction to marxist economic theory - ernest mandel
political economy - john eaton


and I'm using richard wolffs intensive introduction to marxian economics series as well as harveys videos on capital. I'm open to other suggestions that others think might be important for this course. as its only an intro course, I'm unsure about adding things that go beyond the realm of orthodox marxism (if the course is successful ill probably do another course to get through volume 2 and throw in some other more advanced books on marxian economics like imperialism or whatever).

any suggestions?

Wolff and Harvey go far beyond the realm of orthodox Marxism. Harvey, for example, does not think that the tendency of the profit rate to fall is of any consequence and thinks it's a mistaken idea. Do not pick up Sweezy, either, until you have a grasp on Marx himself. He's a Keynesian at heart (which is why he had such sway with bourgeois economists) and many of his conclusions are contrary to Marx. It would lead you down a path where Marxism ends up becoming incoherent, unless you understand what Sweezy is trying to do, and which he doesn't clearly explain what it is he is doing with Marx's arguments.

The best authors on Marx's economics these days are Andrew Kliman and Alan Freeman. Kliman's Reclaiming Marx's Capital and The Failure of Capitalist Production are excellent. Freeman has not published an books, but he has written many papers and articles: https://ideas.repec.org/e/pfr102.html They don't call themselves orthodox Marxists, but they're about the closest you're going to come since they focus on Marxist economics pre-2nd International, and seeing what implication that has for today's situation.