1 lntroduction 1
Part 1 Exchange value and distribution before Ricardo 13
2 Exchange value and distribution analysis before Adam Smith 15
3 Adam Smith's W ealth of Nations 44
Part II David Ricardo and the apogee of Classical political economy 71
4 Ricardo's Principles: exchange value and profit 73
5 Ricardo's Principles: rent and surplus Value 102
Part III Exchange value and distribution after Ricardo 127
6 Reactions to Ricardo's theory: the 'mainstream' critics 129
7 Reactions to Ricardo's theory: the 'pseudo-disciples' 160
8 Reactions to Ricardo's theory: the 'radical critics' of capitalism 182
9 Some particular post-Ricardians 193
Part IV Political economy and the 'Law of Motion' of capita1ism 207
10 The dimensions of 'motion' and the process of reproduction 209
11 The consequences of capital accumulation 227
12 Reproduction and the immanent crises of capitalism 256
Part V Epilogue 279
13 Marx's critique of political economy prior to Capital: a summary statement 281