Unravelling Capitalism

	Introduction	7
Pt. 1	Understanding the system
	A system that hides its secrets	12
	Marx's value	19
	Money makes the world go round	26
	Living and dead labour	29
	Exploitation at the heart of the system	33
	The anatomy of capital	36
	Squeezing the worker	41
	Productive and unproductive labour	45
	The reserve army of labour	49
	A world of alienation	52
Pt. 2	Dynamics of the system
	The circulation of capital	58
	Capital's self-expansion	66
	Accumulate, accumulate!	68
	The falling rate of profit	74
	Counteracting influences	79
	Capitalism and crisis	84
	An ageing system	90
	The distribution of surplus value	95
	The world of finance	97
	Fictitious capital	104
	A second look at crisis	107
	Prices and the general rate of profit	113
	Politics of the crisis	119
Pt. 3	The changing system
	The classical period	124
	The birth of imperialism	128
	The slump and state capitalism	131
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A Guide to Marxist Political Economy