Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1

Karl Marx

Play

Length

39 h 20 min

Chapters

82

Language

English

Genre

*Non-fiction, Philosophy, Political Science

First published

1867

Chapters

1. 1 Editor's Preface -- To the First English TranslationRead by Carl Manchester 11:14
2. 2 Author's Preface -- I. To the First EditionRead by Carl Manchester 11:51
3. 3 Author's Preface -- II. To the Second EditionRead by Carl Manchester 22:34
4. 4 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I: Commodities. -- Section 1: The two Factors of a Commodity; Use Value and Value (the Substance of value and the magnitude of value)Read by Carl Manchester 19:52
5. 5 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I: Commodities. -- Section 2: The Twofold Character of the Labour embodied in CommoditiesRead by Carl Manchester 19:06
6. 6 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I: Commodities. -- Section 3: The Form of Value, or Exchange Value -- Introduction and A: Elementary or Accidental Form of ValueRead by Carl Manchester 45:14
7. 7 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I: Commodities. -- Section 3: The Form of Value, or Exchange Value -- B: Total or Expanded Form of ValueRead by Carl Manchester 7:57
8. 8 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I: Commodities. -- Section 3: The Form of Value, or Exchange Value -- C: The General Form of Value and D: The Money FormRead by Carl Manchester 17:08
9. 9 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I: Commodities. -- Section 4: The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret thereofRead by Carl Manchester 43:04
10. 10 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter II: ExchangeRead by Alan Clare 38:45
11. 11 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III: Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 1: The Measure of ValuesRead by Jake Baker 30:09
12. 12 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III: Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 2: The Medium of Circulation -- A: The Metamorphosis of CommoditiesRead by Jake Baker 33:35
13. 13 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III: Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 2: The Medium of Circulation -- B: The Currency of MoneyRead by Jake Baker 36:55
14. 14 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III: Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 2: The Medium of Circulation -- C: Coin and symbols of valueRead by Alan Clare 20:28
15. 15 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III: Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 3: Money -- Introduction and A: HoardingRead by Sibella Denton 15:15
16. 16 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III: Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 3: Money -- B: Means of PaymentRead by Sibella Denton 22:55
17. 17 Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III: Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 3: Money -- C: Universal MoneyRead by Kirsten Ferreri 8:08
18. 18 Part II: The Transformation of Money into Capital -- Chapter IV: The General Formula for CapitalRead by Maire Rhode 37:15
19. 19 Part II: The Transformation of Money into Capital -- Chapter V: Contradictions in the General Formula of CapitalRead by Anna Simon 33:16
20. 20 Part II: The Transformation of Money into Capital -- Chapter VI: The Buying and Selling of Labour-PowerRead by Anna Simon 30:36
21. 21 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter VII: The Labour-Process and the Process of Producing Surplus-Value -- Section 1: The Labour-Process or the Production of use-valuesRead by Chris Masterson 33:19
22. 22 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter VII: The Labour-Process and the Process of Producing Surplus-Value -- Section 2: The Production of Surplus-ValueRead by Chris Masterson 46:30
23. 23 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter VIII: Constant Capital and Variable CapitalRead by Anna Simon 35:48
24. 24 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter IX: The Rate of Surplus-Value -- Section 1: The Degree of Exploration of Labour-PowerRead by Sibella Denton 26:08
25. 25 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter IX: The Rate of Surplus-Value -- Section 2: The Representation of the Components of the Value of the Product by Corresponding Proportional Parts of the Product ItselfRead by Sibella Denton 9:35
26. 26 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter IX: The Rate of Surplus-Value -- Section 3: Senior's "Last Hour"Read by Sibella Denton 18:25
27. 27 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter IX: The Rate of Surplus-Value -- Section 4: Surplus-ProduceRead by Sibella Denton 2:56
28. 28 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X: The Working-Day -- Section 1: The Limits of the Working-DayRead by Anna Simon 13:50
29. 29 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X: The Working-Day -- Section 2: The Greed for Surplus-Labour. Manufacturer and BoyardRead by Anna Simon 26:56
30. 30 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X: The Working-Day -- Section 3: Branches of English Industry Without Legal Limits to ExploitationRead by Anna Simon 41:19
31. 31 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X: The Working-Day -- Section 4: Day and Night Work. The Relay System.Read by Anna Simon 26:36
32. 32 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X: The Working-Day -- Section 5: The Struggle for a Normal Working-Day. Compulsory Laws for the Extension of the Working-Day from the Middle of the 14th to the End of the 17th CenturyRead by Anna Simon 44:49
33. 33 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X: The Working-Day -- Section 6: The Struggle for the Normal Working-Day. Compulsory Limitation by Law of the Working-Time. The English Factory Acts, 1833 to 1864Read by Anna Simon 1:01:35
34. 34 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X: The Working-Day -- Section 7: The Struggle for the Normal Working-Day. Re-action of the English Factory Acts on Other CountriesRead by Anna Simon 17:37
35. 35 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter XI: Rate and Mass of Surplus ValueRead by Jake Baker 31:00
36. 36 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XII: The Concept of Relative Surplus-ValueRead by Jake Baker 33:43
37. 37 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIII: Co-OperationRead by Anna Simon 41:08
38. 38 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIV: Division of Labour and Manufacture -- Section 1: Two-Fold Origin of ManufactureRead by D.E. Wittkower 12:44
39. 39 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIV: Division of Labour and Manufacture -- Section 2: The Detail Labourer and his ImplementsRead by D.E. Wittkower 12:51
40. 40 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIV: Division of Labour and Manufacture -- Section 3: The Two Fundamental Forms of Manufacture: Heterogeneous Manufacture, Serial ManufactureRead by D.E. Wittkower 34:33
41. 41 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIV: Division of Labour and Manufacture -- Section 4: Division of Labour in Manufacture, and Division of Labour in SocietyRead by D.E. Wittkower 33:10
42. 42 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIV: Division of Labour and Manufacture -- Section 5: The Capitalistic Character of ManufactureRead by manicolaus 33:03
43. 43 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 1: The Development of MachineryRead by manicolaus 47:39
44. 44 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 2: The Value Transferred by Machinery to the ProductRead by Anna Simon 27:03
45. 45 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 3: The Proximate Effects of Machinery on the Workman Part 1Read by manicolaus 48:52
46. 46 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 3: The Proximate Effects of Machinery on the Workman Part 2Read by manicolaus 42:33
47. 47 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 4: The FactoryRead by Sibella Denton 30:34
48. 48 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 5: The Strife Between Workman and MachineRead by Sibella Denton 31:34
49. 49 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 6: The Theory of Compensation as Regards the Workpeople Displaced by MachineryRead by Sibella Denton 29:29
50. 50 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 7: Repulsion and Attraction Of Workpeople by the Factory System. Crises in the Cotton TradeRead by Sibella Denton 36:29
51. 51 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 8: Revolution Effected in Manufacture, Handicrafts, and Domestic Industry by Modern IndustryRead by The 1:03:32
52. 52 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 9: The Factory Acts Sanitary and Educational Clauses of the Same Their General Extension in EnglandRead by Sibella Denton 1:00:46
53. 53 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV: Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 10: Modern Industry and AgricultureRead by Gesine 10:36
54. 54 Part V: The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XVI: Absolute and Relative Surplus ValueRead by Sibella Denton 29:00
55. 55 Part V: The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XVII: Changes Of Magnitude in the Price of Labour Power and in Surplus ValueRead by Sibella Denton 31:02
56. 56 Part V: The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XVIII: Various Formulae for the Rate of Surplus ValueRead by Anna Simon 11:47
57. 57 Part VI: Wages -- Chapter XIX: The Transformation of the Value (and Respectively the Price) of Labour Power into WagesRead by Sibella Denton 21:28
58. 58 Part VI: Wages -- Chapter XX: Time WagesRead by Sibella Denton 22:23
59. 59 Part VI: Wages -- Chapter XXI: Piece WagesRead by Sibella Denton 26:23
60. 60 Part VI: Wages -- Chapter XXII: National Differences of WagesRead by Sibella Denton 14:00
61. 61 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIII: Simple ReproductionRead by Anna Simon 41:51
62. 62 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIV: Conversion of Surplus Value into Capital -- Section 1: Capitalist Production on a Progressively Increasing Scale. Transition of the Laws of Property that Characterise Production of Commodities into Laws of Capitalist AppropriationRead by Sibella Denton 26:04
63. 63 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIV: Conversion of Surplus Value into Capital -- Section 2: Erroneous Conception, by Political Economy, of Reproduction on a Progressively Increasing ScaleRead by Sibella Denton 10:07
64. 64 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIV: Conversion of Surplus Value into Capital -- Section 3: Separation of Surplus Value into Capital and Revenue. The Abstinence TheoryRead by Sibella Denton 23:26
65. 65 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIV: Conversion of Surplus Value into Capital -- Section 4: Circumstances that, Independently of the Proportional Division Of Surplus Value into Capital and Revenue Determine the Amount of Accumulation. Degree of Exploitation of Labour Power. Productivity of Labour. Growing Difference in Amount Between Capital Employed and Capital Consumed. Magnitude of Capital AdvancedRead by Sibella Denton 31:49
66. 66 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIV: Conversion of Surplus Value into Capital -- Section 5: The So-called Labour FundRead by Gesine 13:01
67. 67 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 1: The Increased Demand for Labour Power that Accompanies Accumulation, the Composition of Capital Remaining the SameRead by Sibella Denton 29:50
68. 68 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 2: Relative Diminution of the Variable Part of Capital Simultaneously with the Progress of Accumulation and of the Concentration that Accompanies itRead by Sibella Denton 20:35
69. 69 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 3: Progressive Production of a Relative Surplus Population or Industrial Reserve ArmyRead by Sibella Denton 34:23
70. 70 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 4: Different Forms of the Relative Surplus Population. The General Law of Capitalistic AccumulationRead by Sibella Denton 23:44
71. 71 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 5: Illustrations of the General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Parts A-CRead by manicolaus 1:05:33
72. 72 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 5: Illustrations of the General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Part DRead by Anna Simon 16:27
73. 73 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 5: Illustrations of the General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Part ERead by Anna Simon 1:12:04
74. 74 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 5: Illustrations of the General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Part FRead by Anna Simon 36:14
75. 75 Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXVI: The Secret of Primitive AccumulationRead by Anna Simon 9:42
76. 76 Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXVII: Expropriation of the Agricultural Population from the LandRead by Anna Simon 52:53
77. 77 Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXVIII: Bloody Legislation Against the Expropriated, from the End of the 15th Century. Forcing down of Wages by Acts of ParliamentRead by Anna Simon 25:47
78. 78 Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXIX: Genesis of the Capitalist FarmerRead by Gesine 10:59
79. 79 Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXX: Reaction of the Agricultural Revolution on Industry. Creation of the Home Market for Industrial CapitalRead by Sibella Denton 12:59
80. 80 Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXXI: Genesis of the Industrial CapitalistRead by Sibella Denton 30:49
81. 81 Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXXII: Historical Tendency of Capitalist AccumulationRead by manicolaus 10:46
82. 82 Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXXIII: The Modern Theory of ColonisationRead by manicolaus 31:43

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