In a message dated 6/22/02 9:10:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> A reader of my web site asks for a list of suggested > books on economics for the lay person. I'd like to > post such a list and hereby ask for nominees. I already > post organizations that publish material. I also posted > all the home pages I could find of URPE and other folks > left of center (like PK!). If you have a home page with > papers or articles that can be downloaded, let me know. > > The only totally totally obvious nominee to me is > The Worldly Philosophers, so don't bother with that one. > > thanks, > max What?! No Marx?? I suppose "Capital" and other major works are too intimidating for the average lay person these days, but how about at least these two items which are a good introduction to the concept of surplus value: 1. "Value, Price and Profit" (1865) 2. "Wage-Labor and Capital" (as updated by Engels in 1891) And I can't imagine a reasonable introductory list of readings on political economy that does not include: 3. Lenin: "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism" --Scott Harrison
