by Part Three: Classical Political EconomyMarx and Engels had a little private joke that they would use in their lengthy correspondence to one another. They would say: we got our philosophy from the Germans, our politics from the French, and our economics from the English. Marx began his revolutionary investigation of the nature of capitalism by studying everything he could lay his hands on in the new field of Political Economy. Before we can open to page one of Capital, therefore, we must remind ourselves of the elements of Marx’s predecessors, so that we understand how he understood the discipline as he began his great book....The Philosopher's StoneMY UNDERSTANDING OF MARX PART THREERobert Paul Wolff | Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Part Three: Classical Political EconomyMarx and Engels had a little private joke that they would use in their lengthy correspondence to one another. They would say: we got our philosophy from the Germans, our politics from the French, and our economics from the English. Marx began his revolutionary investigation of the nature of capitalism by studying everything he could lay his hands on in the new field of Political Economy. Before we can open to page one of Capital, therefore, we must remind ourselves of the elements of Marx’s predecessors, so that we understand how he understood the discipline as he began his great book....
MY UNDERSTANDING OF MARX PART THREE
Robert Paul Wolff | Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst