I listened to an audio recording and found it immensely helpful to picture these “commodities” changing hands in my head
Honestly for a mid 1800s economics book written by a German dude it wasn’t anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be to understand.
It also helps that he repeats explanations about concepts a thousand times a hundred different ways. Though eventually you’re just like “holy fuck Marx, I got it. Yes I understood the surplus value of labor like 200 pages ago”
It also helps that he repeats explanations about concepts a thousand times a hundred different ways.
As someone with ADHD, this was immensely helpful for me. I was able to understand concepts like surplus value and the value of labour vs. the value of labour power on my first read.
Shortest Leftist analogy (it’s 500 pages +epilogue and 20 pages of footnotes)
Chapter one of v1 is worst, then the most of volume 2 is boring. Rest of v1 and most of v3 is way easier and more relevant for non-economists.
What is the source?
Capital, Chapter 1, Section 2 - though linen is a common commodity he uses in examples.
