I'm looking for a concise book about communism, the ideas of Marx or modern communists. Basically something that provides economic arguments for the left.
I know a bit about economics, and from what i've learned (or been presented) so far the left seems to be nothing but wishful thinking.
I've read some articles and watched videos and lectures from Memezek, and while interesting he never talks about economics.
Who has some economic arguments, Varoufakis?
What about Piketty, i heard he raised some dust, and my econ prof was really shitting on him for some reason?
Also, Das Kapital seems like such a long read it seems like a waste of time, i just want to be informed not write a phd.
I'm fairly open minded, which is why i'm asking in the first place. Please no /pol/ replies, i can go meming about how communism always [COLLAPSED], but i want to hear out their arguments.
I'm looking for a concise book about communism, the ideas of Marx or modern communists...
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There are more than economics to Marx; his work has elements of political economy, but he is also very much one of the fathers of sociology and his philosophy of history has been influential as well.
As for the economic side of marxism, the orthodox marxist belief in the labour theory of value is a mythic idea by now in its original form anyway. Find some small primer on it, and read some newer critiques of the theory, like marginal utility theory of value.
I think Kevin Carson's book on 'mutualist political economy' does a pretty interesting job in renewing the LTV and answering to marginalist critiques. If your interest lies in the economics, then this is the place I would look if you want to treat the labour theory in a serious manner in the 21st century. Don't bother with Piketty, he's not a real marxist, he's a social democrat advocating progressive income taxation based on inequality statistics.
With regards to the sociological side of Marx, I find the most interesting out of every aspect of marxism to be the potential for critique of ideology in theory of alienation under capital. I would atleast read the Paris Manuscripts (alienation of labour) and the first chapter of Das Kapital (commodity fetichism, and then move on to newer, 20th century theory like Lukacs (reification of social relationships) and Debord (the total alienation of all aspects of life).
As for his philosophy of history, the orthodox marxist view is fucking moronic to hold today, and only orthodox tankies living in a phantasmagoric dream world do. The course of history does not guarantee your revolution, dear comrades. But a lot of western marxism has btfo'd the old school. Adorno is the GOAT.
Yes, i'm looking for the economic side.
I'm not particularly interested in sociology (tho i have basic knowledge of it). And i've watched a lot of Memezek as i stated previously.
How does the marginal utility theory of value differ from law of diminishing marginal utility?
Also, do you have anything else to recommend on the economics side. Thanks for the reply.
Why are you seemingly under the impression that you can learn about the jewish ideologies of communism and Marxism and avoid hearing anything overt about jews? These things cannot be separated. You're never going to understand communism or Marxist until you understand the jew. Period. That's how it works.
This individual is jewish. He's trying to make you believe Marxism is something other than a method of jewish subversion against the goyim. It's not.
/pol/ replies as in communism is shit.
Yes, i'm well aware that it's collapsed and that it leads to poverty, however i'm asking if the left leaning economists have found new answers. Do they have any solid arguments in the field of economics?
>Yes, i'm looking for the economic side.
Don't bother, total nonsense by someone who didn't actually understand economics.
Talking about jews and saying "communism is shit" =/= /pol/. I've never had anything to do with pol. These are just facts. What you're looking for doesn't exist and any results you find will all be "wishful thinking" because there was never anything behind it, understand? It was just a jewish scheme to elevate them to power and take control of western economies. It wasn't a real thing, so you're not going to find real answers; only more jewish lies trying to cover up the ethnic crimes they committed across Europe under the veil of communism.
>economics
stopped right there. when will you faggot materialists leave
Thomas Sowell wrote the best book on marxism.
everything else is either repeating his arguments or dismissing them without evidence.
>What about Piketty, i heard he raised some dust, and my econ prof was really shitting on him for some reason?
If you're looking for Marxists or communists, don't read Piketty, he's not a Marxist, he is just concerned about wealth inequality and happens to agree with Marx (and many other left-wing movements from the pre-WWI era) that capitalism strongly tends to result in massive concentrations of wealth. And Piketty's argument is that at some point this ceases to be merit-based, and results in a patrimonial, hereditary passing down of wealth. He's not calling for the end of capitalism, he's more like Krugman, Robert Reich or Galbraith in that he thinks the huge global wealth inequalities, both between countries and within them, will prove destructive.