Critique of political economy

Caligaris, G. & Perez Trento, N. (2017). Capital y renta diferencial de tipo II: una revisión crítica de la historia de las interpretaciones marxistas. Economía Teoría y Práctica, 47, 217-248.

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ABSTRACT This paper presents a critical reconstruction of the history of interpretations of the Marxist explanation of differential rent II. We show that, in contrast to how it is commonly portrayed, the current hegemonic interpretation within Marxist theory is far from immutable and incontrovertible. Alongside it, there exist at least two relevant interpretations, one of … Read more

Starosta, G., & Fitzsimons, A. (2018). Rethinking the determination of the value of labor power. Review of Radical Political Economics, 50(1), 99–115.

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ABSTRACT This article critically examines the received wisdom on the value of labor power that posits the workers’ material reproduction and the class struggle as two independent factors that determine the bundle of wage-goods consumed by the working class. It shows that this reading has no solid textual basis on Marx’s writings. Furthermore, it argues … Read more

Caligaris, G., & Starosta, G. (2018). The determination of the “historical and moral component” of the value of labour-power. Caderno CRH, 31(82), 135–150.

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ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to challenge the prevailing Marxist interpretation of what Marx called the “historical and moral component” of the value of labour-power, and to offer an alternative reading which is consistent with the foundations of the critique of political economy. In order to do so, the first part of the … Read more

Caligaris, G. (2018b). Revisiting the Miliband-Poulantzas debate: How to get to know the capitalist state? Athenea Digital. Revista de pensamiento e investigación social, 18(2).

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ABSTRACT Tis paper presents a critical analysis of the 1970ss famous debate between Ralph Miliband and Nicos Poulantzas around the capitalist state focusing on the method performed by both authors to address the problem. Te main argument is that the central problems in which both positions relapsed, as well as the fate of the debate, … Read more

Caligaris, G. (2018). Revisiting the Marxist debate over the ‘breakdown’ of capitalism. A methodological critique. Izquierdas, 39, 182-208.

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ABSTRACT This paper offers a critical reconstruction of the Marxist controversy over the ‘breakdown of capitalism’ developed between the last decades of the nineteenth century and the decade of 1930. In particular, it focuses on how each position in debate conceived the connection between capitalist economic development and the revolutionary action of the working class. … Read more

Starosta, Guido & Caligaris, Gastón (2017), Trabajo, valor y capital. De la crítica marxiana de la economía política al capitalismo contemporáneo. UNQ

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Starosta, Guido & Caligaris, Gastón Trabajo, valor y capital. De la crítica marxiana de la economía política al capitalismo contemporáneo Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, 2017. ISBN: 978-987-558-445-7 TABLE OF CONTENTS – Introducción – Capítulo 1. De la reproducción ideal de un proceso ideal a la reproducción ideal de un proceso real. La crítica marxiana … Read more

Iñigo Carrera, J., Iñigo Carrera, V. (2017). Capitalismo y pueblos indígenas en el Chaco argentino: formas y determinaciones de una subjetividad productiva. Revista Antropologías del Sur, 7, 117-139.

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ABSTRACT The indigenous people of the Argentinean Chaco constitute a labouring population displaced from rural production, as it increasingly becomes in relative excess for capital’s requirements. This paper aims to address the process of progressive mutilation of their productive attributes, starting by unfolding its general determinations up to reaching the specific concrete forms in which … Read more

Iñigo Carrera, J. (2014c). Being a Marxist or objectively recognizing one’s own political subjectivity through the dialectical method discovered by Marx. Presented at VII Jornadas de Economía Crítica, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

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ABSTRACT Marxism is marked by the debate between “true Marxism” and “false Marxism”. This debate arises from the interpretative character of Marxism and, therefore, the impossibility of its objective resolution is inherent to it. But the real question, from the point of view of the political action of the working class capable of surpassing the … Read more