A Contribution to The Critique Of The Political Economy

"A Contribution to The Critique Of The Political Economy" is an analysis of capitalism and quantity theory of money, achieved by critiquing the writings of the leading theoretical exponents of capitalism at that time: these were the political economists, nowadays often referred to as the classical economists; Adam Smith and David Ricardo.

Contents:

Commodities

Notes on the History of the Theory of Value

Money or Simple Circulation

The Measure of Value

Theories of the Unit of Measure of Money

The Medium of Circulation

The Metamorphosis of Commodities

The Circulation of Money

Coin and Symbols of Value

Money

Hoarding

Means of Payment

World Money

The Precious Metals

Theories of the Medium of Circulation and of Money

Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy

Production in General

The General Relation of Production to Distribution, change, and Consumption

The Method of Political Economy

Production, Means of Production, and Conditions of Production