marxism

3671 readers

4 users here now

For the study of Marxism, and all the tendencies that fall beneath it.

Read Lenin.

Resources below are from r/communism101. Post suggestions for better resources and we'll update them.

Study Guides

Basic Marxism-Leninism Study Plan
Debunking Anti-Communism Masterpost
Beginner's Guide to Marxism (marxists.org)
A Reading Guide (marx2mao.com) (mirror)
Topical Study Guide (marxistleninist.wordpress.com)

Explanations

Kapitalism 101 on political economy
Marxist Philosophy understanding DiaMat
Reading Marx's Capital with David Harvey

Libraries

Marxists.org largest Marxist library
Red Stars Publishers Library specialized on Marxist-Leninist literature. Book titles are links to free PDF copies
Marx2Mao.com another popular library (mirror)
BannedThought.net collection of revolutionary publications
The Collected Works of Marx and Engels torrentable file of all known writings of Marx and Engels
The Prolewiki library a collection of revolutionary publications
Comrades Library has a small but growing collection of rare sovietology books

Bookstores

Book PDFs

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

The difference between profit and surplus value? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

19 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I've been reading Capital off and on for months and this is a seemingly pretty important difference that I don't understand. Is there a difference between surplus labor and profit, and if so, what is it? Any explanations, links, or chapters in Capital I should check out are appreciated.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Could that be because profit is declining while surplus value is actually increasing, although the surplus value is just going into the increasing cost of labor…?

Yes, to yer first insight, though I don't understand yer second insight... usually rate of surplus value increases, by increasing surplus product, depressing variable capital (wages) or both

do you know where the rates of surplus value and profit differ, just to ask? (hint: wages vs total Capital)