Ebook: Political Economy: A Beginner’s Course

This 232 page book gives a thorough introduction, not only to the basics of Marxist political economy, but to Lenin’s explanation of imperialism, as well as a discussion of the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is very helpful as an introduction to studying Capital. "Political Economy is the best introduction to Marxist political economy ever written. A. Leontiev was head of the Marx-Lenin Institute in the Soviet Union in the 1920's and 1930's, and his textbook has been read by millions of students all over the world. He traces the development of economic systems from primitive communism through slavery and feudalism, but the primary emphasis of this book is capitalism. He deals with commodity production, wages, surplus value, capitalism in agriculture, reproduction and crises and imperialism." --Amazon.com

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This 232 page book gives a thorough introduction, not only to the basics of Marxist political economy, but to Lenin’s explanation of imperialism, as well as a discussion of the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is very helpful as an introduction to studying Capital. "Political Economy is the best introduction to Marxist political economy ever written. A. Leontiev was head of the Marx-Lenin Institute in the Soviet Union in the 1920's and 1930's, and his textbook has been read by millions of students all over the world. He traces the development of economic systems from primitive communism through slavery and feudalism, but the primary emphasis of this book is capitalism. He deals with commodity production, wages, surplus value, capitalism in agriculture, reporduction and crises and imperialism." --Amazon.com