• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    I listened to an audio recording and found it immensely helpful to picture these “commodities” changing hands in my head

    Honestly for a mid 1800s economics book written by a German dude it wasn’t anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be to understand.

    It also helps that he repeats explanations about concepts a thousand times a hundred different ways. Though eventually you’re just like “holy fuck Marx, I got it. Yes I understood the surplus value of labor like 200 pages ago”

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      It also helps that he repeats explanations about concepts a thousand times a hundred different ways.

      As someone with ADHD, this was immensely helpful for me. I was able to understand concepts like surplus value and the value of labour vs. the value of labour power on my first read.

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Chapter one of v1 is worst, then the most of volume 2 is boring. Rest of v1 and most of v3 is way easier and more relevant for non-economists.