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honestly marx himself isn't that important for modern left wing economics unless you're really in to orthodox materialism and poo poo, which is dumb
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Oberleutnant posted:Leaving economics aside entirely, Marx's capital (vol 2 in particular) is still extremely relevant as a critique of the forces and pressures inherent to the capitalist mode of production and circulation which lead to hugely destructive and myopic business practices. fair enough i couldn't get through kapital because it is dry as gently caress
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a dog from hell posted:What's the point of reading these books unless you're involved with the economy? I work in retail and I generally don't seek out comprehensive texts on heart surgery. professors maek you read things
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Oct 2, 2015 18:59
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i recently read the protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism and i was all prepared for Weber to be a big prussian exceptionalist dickhead just like hegel but actually he made interesting arguments. most surprising though was he didn't seem to be a particularly big fan of the people to whom he attributes the economic success of northern europe, he talks a lot about how joyless and terrible they are. anyway that's my irrelevant literature story
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