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Swift's Notes on Marx

Contents:

  1. Intro to Marxism
  2. Critique of the Labor Theory of Value
  3. Critique of Marx's Conception of Exploitation
  4. Critique of Marx's Conception of Labor
  5. Empirical Studies on the Labor Theory of Value
  6. Critique of Marx's Dialectical Materialism

Intro to Marxism

Marx, A Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer

Communism, A Very Short Introduction by Leslie Holmes

Engels, A Very Short Introduction by Terrell Carver

Karl Marx, A Biography by Isaiah Berlin

Marxism Unmasked: From Delusion to Destruction by Ludwig von Mises

Requiem for Marx by Yuri Maltsev

The Socialist Tradition: Moses to Lenin: A Complete History of Socialist Thought by Alexander Gray


Critique of the Labor Theory of Value

Karl Marx and the Close of His System by Eugen von Bohm Bawerk *Pages 64-80*

The Ultimate Standard of Value by Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk

Value, Costs, and Marginal Utility by Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk

The Labor Theory of Value: A Critique of Carson's Studies in Mutualist Political Economy by Robert Murphy

An Introduction to Economic Reasoning by David Gordon *Chapter 5*


Critique of Marx's Conception of Exploitation

Capitalism by George Reisman *Pages 473-498/603-672*

Classical Economics vs. The Exploitation Theory by George Reisman

Capital and Interest by Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk *Pages 295-392*

Böhm-Bawerk’s Critique of the Exploitation Theory of Interest by Robert Murphy

The Positive Theory of Capital by Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk *Pages 237-374*

Resurrecting Marx by David Gordon *Pages 77-144*

Human Action by Ludwig von Mises *600-606*


Critique of Marx's Conception of Labor

Karl Marx and the Close of His System by Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk *Pages 80-90*

Value, Costs, and Marginal Utility by Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk

Socialism by Mises *Pages 163-184*

Human Action by Mises *Pages 131-138/476-520/584-630/660-684/763-773*


Empirical Studies on the Labor Theory of Value

Testing the Labour Theory of Value: An Exchange by Paul Cockshott, Shimshon Bichler, and Jonathan Nitzan.

Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder by Jonathan Nitzan and Bichler Shimshon

The Law of Value and Laws of Statistics: Sectoral Values and Prices in the US Economy, 1977-97 by Andrew KJim

Reply to Cockshott and Cottrell by Andrew J. Kliman


Critique of Marx's Dialectical Materialism

Theory and History by Ludwig von Mises *Chapter 7*

An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume Two Classical Economics by Murray Rothbard *Chapter 12*

The Clash of Group Interests and Other Essays by Ludwig von Mises

Requiem for Marx by Yuri Maltsev *Pages 33-51/125-189*

Human Action by Ludwig von Mises *Chapter 3*