How capitalism works /
Pierre Jalée ; translated by Mary Klopper.
- New York : Monthly Review Press, c1977.
- 128 pages ; 21 cm.
Translation of L'exploitation capitaliste.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128).
1. Introduction -- 2. Production: How and with what? -- 3. From subsistence to commodities: What is value? -- 4. Labor power: A unique commodity that creates surplus value -- 5. Early conclusions -- 6. Profit: The rolling stone that gathers moss -- 7. Profit in various guises: Industrial, commercial, interest, and bank rates -- 8. The subdivision of surplus value: An apparent paradox? -- 9. The ups and downs of money: From credit to inflation -- 10. The uncontrolled accumulation of capital and economic crises -- 11. Monopoly power: The new fact of imperialism -- 12. The demystification of the state: The reality of bourgeois democracy -- 13. Social classes and the struggle against capitalism -- 14. General alienation: An increasingly irrational system -- 15. Conclusion: Where do we go from here?
"It is my ambition to give a coherent view of capitalist society, which omits nothing essential, but is restricted to the fundamental structure and mechanisms. I have taken pains not to betray the Marxist analysis by condensing it, and to avoid a dishonest simplification on the pretext of writing for beginners.... I shall be satisfied, however, if the reader closes the book feeling better equipped for the struggle against a system that must now be overthrown." -- From the introduction.