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Money, interest and capital accumulation in Karl Marx's economies: a monetary interpretation
[working paper]
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Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
Abstract "Starting from Schumpeter's important distinction between 'real analysis' and 'monetary
analysis', in this paper it is shown that major elements of Marx's economic theory fall in the
camp of monetary analysis and the implications for Marx's theory of capital accumulation are
derived. First, Marx's t... view more
"Starting from Schumpeter's important distinction between 'real analysis' and 'monetary
analysis', in this paper it is shown that major elements of Marx's economic theory fall in the
camp of monetary analysis and the implications for Marx's theory of capital accumulation are
derived. First, Marx's theory of labour value has to be considered a 'monetary theory of
value' because 'abstract labour' as the social substance of value cannot be measured without
a social standard of value. Money as a social representative of value, therefore, is introduced
at the very beginning of Marx's microeconomics. Marx's rejection of Ricardo's interpretation
of Say's Law requires that money as a means of circulation and as a means of payment is nonreproducible and therefore cannot be a commodity. Second, in the schemes of reproduction it
becomes clear, that the realisation of profits for the capitalist class as a whole requires money
advances, which have to increase by means of rising credit in a growing economy. Third, the
rate of interest in Marx's economics is conceived of as a monetary category determined by
relative powers of financial and industrial capitalists. Therefore, similar to post-Keynesian
theories of distribution and growth, the rate of capital accumulation is determined by the
expected rate of profit and the exogenous rate of interest. From this it follows, that any 'real
theory' of crisis and stagnation, as the falling rate of profit theory of crisis, cannot be
sustained within Marx's monetary analysis." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
credit; capital; monetary theory; price level; interest (on money); money; economic theory; Keynesianism; Marx, K.; Marxism; economy; accumulation; profit
Classification
National Economy
Political Economy
Method
theory application; theory formation; basic research
Free Keywords
money; interest; capital accumulation; Marx's economics; B14; B24; E11
Document language
English
Publication Year
2002
City
Düsseldorf
Page/Pages
27 p.
Series
WSI-Diskussionspapier, 102
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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