Charles Brown wrote: >Besides that , Vol. III of _Capital_ is older than _Imperialism_ >,but somehow you seem to think it has some contemporary validity. You're absolutely right. There's a lot in K vol 3 that's very enlightening on credit and the joint-stock company, to take two relevant examples. In fact, there's something on almost every page of Marx I've ever read that's enlightening and even inspiring. I think one reason for that is that his thought is in ceaseless motion, while later Marxists tended to freeze certain moments of Marx into dogma. Doug