Marx and the 21st century capitalism

Rosa Maria Maques () and Patrick Rodrigues Andrade ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2020, vol. 40, issue 4, 766-787

Abstract: This article aims to analyze contemporary capitalism in the light of Marx’s contribution in The Capital. For this, in the first part their understanding of money capital, interest-bearing capital and fictitious capital are discussed, emphasizing the fetishized aspects and the autonomy that the latter achieved in relation to the production of goods, that is, new value. In the second part, the volume assumed by fictitious capital in world capitalism and its consequences for the interior of companies and for the maintenance of employment, among others, are analyzed. Among its conclusions, it is pointed out that this relative autonomy does not constitute an anomaly or cancer. On the contrary, it is an expression of the logical development of the capital form, when there are no restraints on it, given the situation of retreat in which workers are at the international level. JEL Classification: E11; F3O; G10.

Keywords: Interest-bearing capital; fictitious capital; contemporary capitalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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