Christos Balomenos

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | uoa · Faculty of Economics

This article delves into the relationship between Marx’s analysis of the law of the falling rate of profit (LFRP) in Chapter III of his 1864–65 Manuscript and Part III of ‘Capital’, Volume 3, which emerged after Engels’s editing. After presenting Marx’s analysis of the LFRP in his various economic manuscripts, the article examines Engels’ principal...

The capitalist economy is a monetary economy. In recent decades we have witnessed significant developments in the monetary and credit systems, such as the proliferation of new financial instruments, the increased prominence of the financial sector in advanced capitalist economies, and the emergence of the “shadow banking”. These developments, along...

Σε αυτή την διάλεξη παρουσιάζεται η ιστορία συγκρότησης της Νέας Ανάγνωσης του Marx αλλά και ο τρόπος με τον οποίο αποκρυσταλλώνονται οι θέσεις της στο έργο του πιο γνωστού σήμερα εκπροσώπου της, του Michael Heinrich. Αναδεικνύεται ότι υπάρχουν σημαντικές διαφορές ανάμεσα στην ανάλυση αυτού του ρεύματος και στην ανάλυση του Marx στο "Κεφάλαιο". Στη...

In this dissertation, we investigate theoretically and archivally some questions connected to Karl Marx’s magnum opus, "Capital", and the debate over it. The dissertation is divided into three Parts with each Part being structured in several chapters. In the first Part of the dissertation, we present the history of the theoretical debate over "Cap...

In this paper, I investigate archivally Michael Heinrich's arguments for the existence of a crucial theoretical shift in Marx's thought during the 1870s centered around his supposed doubts about the validity of the law of the falling rate of profit. Heinrich's arguments have been grouped into six clusters and discussed deploying the material contai...