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As for an economic reading list, there is a precise timeline of Marx's manuscripts. There are his writings from 1844-7: (i) Paris Notebooks (which are translated as the 1844 Manuscripts, along with Writings on Mill and Ricardo), (ii) Wage Labour and Capital, and (iii) Poverty of Philisophy - which is a response to Proudhon's own Critique. After this there is the Grundrisse, or the "Groundwork" of the Critique of Political Economy (1857-8). These notebooks effectively structure the motion of the next decade of writing: (i) "Zur Kritik" (1859), which is later configured into the first three chapters of Capital Vol. 1 (1867). After this are the (ii) Economic Manuscripts of 1861-3, or Theories of Surplus Value. There is then the (iii) Process of Production of Capital (1864), then the (iv) Economic Manuscripts of 1864-5, or Capital Vol. 3 - interestingly, this was written before the other volumes. After this is then (v) Value, Price and Profit (1865), which is a speech prepared by Marx for a meeting, and was only published posthomously, but acts as a useful summary of various ideas. After this comes (vi) Capital Vol. 1 (1867), which Marx was originally dissatisfied with, and so sought to revise various sections. He published the 1873 version with revisions in place. After this is (vii) Capital Vol. 2 (1885), which could not be published in Marx's lifetime due to its incompletion, but was worked on by Marx from around 1865-78 (in the Preface to Vol. 2, Engels explains that Marx's schedule and bad health led to limited additions to the manuscript, the last of which was given in 1878). Engels' editorialisation for Volume 2 and 3 (1885-94) were necessary - as well as an English translation for Capital Vol. 1 in 1886. Theories of Surplus Value was only published from Kautsky's efforts in 1910, and the Grundrisse was only published around 1940 - so, everything was published backwards. It should be noted that without the Soviet Union, we would lack many, many Marx texts. The 1844 Manuscripts were published in 1932, for example, so what we take for granted didn't used to be so. There are even still untranslated Marx writings.
So, here's the list of Marx's economic writings, for general interest:
- 1844 Manuscripts (1844)
- Comments on Mill/Ricardo (1844)
- Wage Labour and Capital (1847)
- Poverty of Philosophy (18
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