Economics 710 - Political Economy III

Fall
2025
01
3.00
Lawrence King,Kevin Young

TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM

UMass Amherst
69875
To be Announced by Department
lpking@econs.umass.edu
keviny@econs.umass.edu
Advanced treatment of contemporary theoretical and empirical research in Marxian political economy. Topics include: debates in the labor theory of value; the so-called transformation problem; circuit of capital model; theories of exploitation; theory of finance capital and imperialism; distribution of surplus value - interest, commercial profit, rent; profitability and capital accumulation; theories of capitalist crisis. Prerequisite: ECON 708 or 709

Open to Graduate students only. PreReq: ECON 708 or 709

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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