CHAPTER 1
  THE SUBJECT-MATTER
OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
9 [introduction.]
9 Productive Forces
11 Relations of Production
12 The Connection Between Productive Forces
and Relations of Production
13 Social Structure of Society.
Basis and Superstructure
14 Economic Laws
16 Party Spirit in Political Economy
  CHAPTER 2
  PRE-CAPITALIST MODES
OF PRODUCTION
  1. The Primitive-Communal Mode
of Production
17 [introduction.]
17 Productive Forces
18 Relations of Production
19 Disintegration of the Primitive-Communal
Mode of Production
  2. Slavery
20 Emergence of Slavery
20 Productive Forces under Slavery
21 Emergence of Economic Inequality
of Classes and of the State
22 Production Relations
under Slavery
22 Contradictions Within
the Slave-Owning System
23 The Decay and Fall of Slavery
  3. The Feudal Mode of Production
24 Emergence of Feudalism
25 Productive Forces
25 Relations of Production
27 Decay of Feudalism
27 Vestiges of Feudalism
  CHAPTER 3
  CAPITALIST COMMODITY PRODUCTION
  1. The Principal Features
and Stages in the Development
of the Capitalist Mode of Production
28 Emergence of Capitalism
29 The Development
of Productive Forces.
Relations of Production
30 Stages in the Development
of Capitalism
  2. Types of Commodity Economy
31 The Main Features of Commodity Production
31 Types of Commodity Production
  3. The Commodity
and the Labour Contained in It
32 Properties of the Commodity
33 Dual Character of Labour
Embodied in Commodity
34 Magnitude of Value
36 Form of Value
  4. Money. Its Essence
and Functions
37 The Essence of Money
38 The Functions of Money
40 The Amount of Money
Needed for Circulation
41 Inflation
  5. The Law of Value
42 Essence of the Law of Value.
Its Role as the Blind Regulator
of Productive Forces
43 Impact of the Law of Value
on the Development of Productive Forces.
Differentiation of Producers
44 Commodity Fetishism
  CHAPTER 4
  CAPITALIST EXPLOITATION
  1. The Transformation
of Money into Capital
45 General Formula for Capital
45 Contradiction of
the General Formula
for Capital
46 Labour Power as a Commodity
  2. Production of Surplus Value
48 The Process of Labour Under Capitalism.
Increment of Value
49 Capital: Its Essence and Structure
51 Mass and Rate of Surplus Value
52 Methods of Intensifying the Exploitation
of the Workers
53 Extra Surplus
Value
54 The Main Economic Contradiction
of Capitalism
55 Fundamental Economic
Law of Capitalism
  3. Wages
55 The Real Essence of Wages
56 Time Wages
57 Piece Wages
57 “Profit-Sharing”
58 Nominal and Real Wages
  4. Capital Accumulation.
The Position of the Working Class
59 [introduction.]
59 Simple Reproduction
Under Capitalism
60 Capitalist Accumulation
60 Organic Composition of Capital
61 Concentration and Centralisation of Capital
61 Accumulation of Capital
and the Industrial
Reserve Force
63 General Law
of Capitalist
Accumulation
63 Relative Deterioration
of the Workers’ Position
64 Absolute Deterioration
in the Workers’ Position
66 Historical Trend
of Capitalist Accumulation
  CHAPTER 5
  THE DISTRIBUTION
OF SURPLUS VALUE
BETWEEN GROUPS OF EXPLOITERS
  1. Transformation of Surplus
Value into Profit
68 Capitalist Costs
of Production and Profit
69 Profit Rate
69 Formation of Average Profit
71 Price of Production
72 Law of the Downward Trend
of the Profit Rate
  2. Commercial Capital
and Commercial Profit
73 Commercial Capital
74 Commercial Profit
75 Circulation Costs
75 Exploitation of Sales Workers
  3. Loan Capital and Loan Interest
76 Loan Capital
77 Loan Interest
77 Capitalist Credit
78 Joint-Stock Companies
  4. Ground Rent.
Agrarian Relations in Capitalist Society
78 [introduction.]
78 Differential Rent
81 Absolute Rent
82 Advance of Capitalism in Agriculture
  CHAPTER 6
  THE REPRODUCTION
OF SOCIAL CAPITAL.
ECONOMIC CRISES
  1. Aggregate Social Product
84 [introduction.]
84 Two Departments of Social Production
  2. Simple and Extended
Capitalist Reproduction
85 [introduction.]
85 Realisation Under Simple Reproduction
86 Conditions for Realising the Product
Under Extended Reproduction
88 Law of Priority
Growth of Production
of Means of Production
  3. Antagonistic Contradictions
of Capitalist Reproduction
and Economic Crises
88 The Main Contradiction
of Capitalism—the
Fundamental Cause
of Economic Crises
90 Cyclic Character
of Capitalist Reproduction
92 Particular Features of the Crisis of 1974-1975
93 Consequences of Economic Crises
  CHAPTER 7
  LENIN’S THEORY OF IMPERIALISM
AND THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT
OF MONOPOLY CAPITALISM
95 [introduction.]
  1. Lenin Continues
the Cause of Marx and Engels
95 [introduction.]
95 Teaching on Imperialism
97 Theory of Socialist Revolution
98 Criticism of Falsifications of Leninism
  2. The Main Features of Imperialism
98 [introduction.]
99 Essence of Monopoly
100 Monopoly and Competition
  3. New Features
of the Capitalist Economy.
The Scientific
and Technological Revolution
101 [introduction.]
102 Imperialism Adapts Itself
103 Impact of the Scientific
and Technological Revolution
  4. Distinctive Features
of Contemporary Monopoly Development
104 [introduction.]
104 Monopoly Growth
105 Expanding Spheres of Influence
106 Forms of Monopoly
  5. Lenin’s Theory of Finance Capital.
Finance Capital Today
106 [introduction.]
107 Definition of Finance Capital
108 New Features
109 Financial Groups
110 Financial Groups’ Domination
  6. Domination of the Financial Oligarchy
111 [introduction.]
111 The Wealth and Composition
of the Oligarchy
112 Critique of Bourgeois
and Opportunistic Conceptions
113 Distinctive Features of the Oligarchy
  7. Monopoly Profit and the Enrichment
of the Monopoly Bourgeoisie.
Economic Principles
of the Anti-Monopoly Struggle
in the Capitalist Countries
114 [introduction.]
114 The Essence of Monopoly Profit
115 Sources of Monopoly Profit
117 Monopoly and Society
  CHAPTER 8
  STATE-MONOPOLY CAPITALISM
119 [introduction.]
  1. Lenin’s Teachings on the Essence
of State-Monopoly Capitalism
and the Objective Laws of Its Development
119 [introduction.]
120 A Single Mechanism
120 The Causes and Developmental Features
  2. The Current Stage in the Development
of State-Monopoly Capitalism.
The Formation of the State-Monopoly System
122 [introduction.]
122 New Features of the Development
of State-Monopoly Capitalism
123 Factors Influencing the Development
of State-Monopoly Capitalism
124 The System of State-Monopoly Capitalism
  3. Basic Forms
of State-Monopoly Capitalism
126 [introduction.]
126 Personal Union
127 Business Activities of the State
129 State Economic Regulation
130 Capitalist Programming
132 “Incomes Policy”
132 Militarisation of the Economy
  4. State-Monopoly Capitalism
and Preparation of the Prerequisites
for Socialism
134 [introduction.]
134 Aggravation of Contradictions
135 Impact on the Revolutionary Process
  CHAPTER 9
  THE WORLD CAPITALIST ECONOMY
AND AGGRAVATION OF ITS
CONTRADICTIONS
AT THE PRESENT STAGE
137 [introduction.]
137 1. Emergence and Essence
of the World Capitalist Economy
  2. The Export of Capital
139 [introduction.]
139 The Possibility
and Necessity of the Export of Capital
140 Forms of the Export of Capital
141 Changes in the Export of Capital
Under Present-Day Conditions
  3. Economic Partitioning of the World
by the International Monopolies.
New Features of the International Monopolies
143 [introduction.]
144 The Essence of the
International Monopolies
145 International Monopolies Today
146 Critique of Bourgeois International
Monopoly Theories
  4. Imperialist Integration
147 Its Essence
and Developmental Factors
148 Integration
in Western Europe
149 The Common Market.
Its Contradictions
150 Critique of Bourgeois
Integration Theories
  5. Territorial Partition
of the World
151 Colonial System of Imperialism.
Its Collapse
152 The Essence
of Neocolonialism
  6. Distinctive Features
of the Developing Economies.
Two Ways of Development
for Young National States
154 [introduction.]
155 State of the Economy
155 Choosing a Course of Development
  7. The Current Development Stage
in the World Capitalist Economy
and Its Progressing Crisis
157 [introduction.]
157 Dislocation of World Economic Relations
159 Changed Balance of Power
160 Fiercer Competition.
Foreign Trade Crisis
  8. The Monetary Crisis
161 [introduction.]
162 Collapse of the Bretton Woods System
163 Dollar Crisis
164 9. The New World Economic Order.
The Role of the Soviet Union
and the Other Socialist Countries
  CHAPTER 10
  IMPERIALISM’S PLACE IN HISTORY.
THE GENERAL CRISIS OF CAPITALISM
AND ITS INTENSIFICATION
UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS
168 [introduction.]
  1. Imperialism, the Final Stage of Capitalism,
the Threshold of the Socialist Revolution
168 [introduction.]
169 Monopoly Domination
169 Parasitic
and Decaying Capitalism
171 Imperialism
as Moribund Capitalism
  2. The General Crisis of Capitalism.
Its Main Stages
173 The Concept of the General Crisis
of Capitalism
174 The First Stage
of the General Crisis
of Capitalism
175 The Second Stage
176 The Third Stage
and Its Distinguishing Features
  3. Qualitative Shifts in the Development
of the General Crisis of Capitalism
Under Present-Day Conditions
178 [introduction.]
178 Role of the Socialist Countries
179 The Turn Towards Detente
180 Capitalism’s Economic Difficulties
182 Ecological Crisis
184 Ideological and Political Crisis
184 4. The World Revolutionary Process
and the Historical Tendency
of Capitalism Today
  CHAPTER 11
  THE COMMUNIST MODE OF PRODUCTION
AND ITS TWO PHASES
187 [introduction.]
187 1. General Features
of the Communist Mode of Production
188 General Features of Productive Forces
189 General Features
of Production Relations
  2. Two Phases in the Development
of the Communist Mode of Production
190 [introduction.]
190 The Material and Technical Base
of Socialism and Communism
191 Forms of Public Ownership
under Socialism and Communism.
Development of the Social Structure of Society
192 Changed Character of Labour
193 Principles of the Distribution of Material Goods
and Services under Socialism and Communism
194 Gradual Abolition of Commodity-Money Relations
in the Transition to Communism
194 Main Features of the Development
of Socialism into Communism
  3. The Main Economic Features
of Developed Socialism
194 [introduction.]
195 The Highly Developed Material
and Technical Base
196 Mature Socialism Production Relations
197 Considerably Higher
Living Standards
  CHAPTER 12
  THE OBJECTIVE ECONOMIC FEATURES
OF THE EMERGENCE
AND ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIALISM
  1. The Necessity and Essence
of the Transitional Period
from Capitalism to Socialism
198 [introduction.]
198 Prerequisites
for the Socialist Revolution
199 Identifying Features of the Socialist Revolution
and the Need for a Transitional Period
from Capitalism to Socialism
200 General Objective Features
of the Transitional Period
  2. The Economic Structure
of Society During the Transitional Period
201 [introduction.]
202 The Socialist Production Structure.
Its Emergence and Leading Role in the Economy
203 Petty-Commodity
Production Structure
204 Private Capitalist
Production Structure
204 State-Capitalist
Production Structure
205 Patriarchal Structure
205 Contradictions of the Transitional Period
  3. The Essence of Economic Policy
in the Transitional Period
206 Decisive Direction of Economic Policy
in the Transitional Period
206 The Main Economic Tasks
in the Transitional Period
  4. Building the Material
and Technical Base of Socialism.
Socialist Industrialisation
208 [introduction.]
209 The Essence and Significance
of Socialist Industrialisation
210 Difference Between Socialist
and Capitalist Industrialisation
211 Socialist Industrialisation
Within the World Socialist System
  5. Socialist Reorganisation
of Agriculture
212 [introduction.]
212 Nationalisation of Land
and Land Allotted to
Peasants as Property
212 Farm Co-operatives
  6. The Triumph of Socialism
214 [introduction.]
214 Triumph of the First Phase
of the Communist Mode of Production
215 Triumph of the
Cultural Revolution
216 The Historical Place of the Transitional Period
from Capitalism to Socialism
  7. The Distinguishing Features
of the Building
of Socialism Circumventing Capitalism
216 [introduction.]
217 The Main Stages
of Revolutionary Reforms
  CHAPTER 13
  SOCIAL OWNERSHIP
OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION
  1. Social Ownership of the Means of Production
and its Two Forms
219 [introduction.]
219 Social Ownership of the Means of Production
and the Character of Socialist Production Relations
220 Two Forms of Social Ownership
of the Means of Production
222 Two Kinds of Socialist
Enterprise
223 Development of Socialist
Social Property
225 Personal Property
  2. Economic Laws Under Socialism
226 Economic Laws Operating
Under Socialism
227 Knowledge and Utilisation
of the Economic Laws
228 3. The Economic Role
of the Socialist State
  CHAPTER 14
  THE MAIN ECONOMIC LAW
OF SOCIALISM
  1. The Essence of the Main Economic Law
of Socialism
229 [introduction.]
230 The Aim of Socialist Production
231 The Standard of Living
under Developed Socialism
232 The Means for Achieving the Aim
of Socialist Social Production
233 2. The Main Source of Development
of Socialist Production
  3. Economic Interests Under Socialism
234 [introduction.]
234 The Supreme Economic Interest
of Socialist Society
235 Economic Interests of Bodies of Workers
and Individual Interests
235 Identity of Economic Interests of Socialist Society.
Material and Moral Incentives
  CHAPTER 15
  THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
OF SOCIALIST SOCIAL PRODUCTION
  1. The Planned, Proportionate Development
of Social Production—an Economic Law
of Socialism
237 [introduction.]
237 The Law of Planned, Proportionate
Development of Social Production
238 Planned Regulation of Social Production
239 The Impossibility of Planned Development
of Social Production under Capitalism
  2. Ensuring Correct Proportions
in the National Economy
240 Proportionate Development
of the National Economy
241 The Types and Character
of Economic Proportions
  3. Management of the National Economy
242 [introduction.]
243 The Essence
of Economic Management
243 The Basic Principles
of Economic Management
  4. Planning Social Production
245 [introduction.]
245 The Main Principles
of Planning
247 Planning Methods
249 Distinctive Features
of Co-operative (Collective Farm) Production
Planning
  CHAPTER 16
  COMMODITY-MONEY RELATIONS
250 1. Commodity-Money Relations
Under Socialism
  2. Commodity and Its Properties
251 Use Value and Value of Commodity
Under Socialism
252 Prices of Goods
  3. Money in Socialist Society
254 The Essence of Money
255 Functions of Money
  4. The Law of Value
256 Law of Value
and Planned Price Formation
257 The Operation and Utilisation
of the Law of Value in Production
258 The Operation and Utilisation
of the Law of Value in Circulation
  CHAPTER 17
  THE FINANCIAL AUTONOMY
OF SOCIALIST ENTERPRISES
  1. The Essence and Main Principles
of Profit-and-Loss Accounting
260 [introduction.]
261 Managerial and Operational
Autonomy of Enterprises
262 Solvency of Production Activities
262 Material Responsibility
of Self-Supporting Enterprises
263 Control Over
the Enterprise’s Business Activities
  2. The Incentive Role
of Profit-and-Loss Accounting
264 Measures to Promote a Rational Use
of Socialist Enterprise’s Assets
265 The Incentive Role of
the Funds Formed From
Profit
267 Combining Financial Autonomy
with Moral Incentives Work
  CHAPTER 18
  DISTRIBUTION
OF MATERIAL GOODS
AND SERVICES
  1. Distribution According to Work
268 [introduction.]
268 The Economic Law
of Distribution According to Work
270 Distribution According to Work
and Socio-Economic Equality
  2. Wages and Salaries.
Distribution According to Work in Co-operatives
(Collective Farms)
270 [introduction.]
270 The Essence
and Organisation of Wages
273 Distribution According to Work
in Agricultural Co-operatives (on Collective Farms)
  3. Social Consumption Funds
274 [introduction.]
274 Composition of the Social Consumption Funds
275 Socio-Economic Significance
of the Social Consumption Funds
  CHAPTER 19
  THE WORLD SOCIALIST
ECONOMIC SYSTEM
  1. The New Type
of International Economic Relations
277 [introduction.]
277 The Essence of the Socialist
Economic System
279 International Socialist
Division of Labour
  2. Socialist Economic Integration.
Economic Co-operation
of the Socialist Countries
280 The Essence
of Socialist Economic Integration
281 Forms of Economic Co-operation
of the Socialist Countries
  3. The Economic Competition
Between the Two World Economic Systems
285 [introduction.]
285 Socialism’s Superior Economic Growth Rates
286 Growth of Per Capita Production
286 Secure Living Conditions
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