a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by mk
mk  ·  4295 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A quick explanation of Marx's theory of crisis

I've only read the Manifesto. In addition to this cyclic behavior, does the theory predict a long-term trend of an ever-growing c?





user-inactivated  ·  4295 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Aside from technological innovation, there is no way for the real value of c to fall without also reducing productivity.

It is widely accepted among Marxists that the cyclical crises of capitalism will increase in severity until the "final crisis" of revolution, but I don't think Marx himself ever explicitly said such.