Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Part I: The Great Depression and Stalinism
6. 1. Marxian Economics and the Great Depression 3
7. 2. The Political Economy of Stalin 24
8. 3. The Soviet Mode of Production 48
9. Part II: The Long Boom
10. 4. ‘Has Capitalism Changed?’ 75
11. 5. Marx and Keynes 91
12. 6. Monopoly Capital 109
13. 7. The Falling Rate of Profit 128
14. 8. The Permanent Arms Economy 149
15. Part III: New Theories of Imperialism
16. 9. Capitalism and Underdevelopment 167
17. 10. Unequal Exchange 186
18. 11. Critics of Underdevelopment 205
19. Part IV: Value and Exploitation
20. 12. Value Theory Before Sraffa 227
21. 13. Sraffa and the Critique of Marxian Theory 245
22. 14. Marxian Value Theory After Sraffa 265
23. 15. Marxian Political Economy and Surplus Economics 291
24. Part V: Current Controversies
25. 16. The ‘Second Slump’: Theories of Crisis after 1973 311
26. 17. Rational Choice Marxism 335
27. Conclusion 387
28. Index of Names 397
29. Index of Subjects 403