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Marx on Technological Change: The Ricardian Heritage

In: Marxian Economics: A Reappraisal

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  • Heinz D. Kurz

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Marx’s view on the long-term development of the capitalist economy hinges crucially on his opinion on which form of technological change can be expected to dominate in capitalist economic conditions. He was of the opinion that the prevalent form of technological change will be characterised by a rising ‘organic composition of capital’ and argued that this form is the one that is ‘congenial’ to the very mode of production under consideration. With a rise in the organic composition, he continued, the trend of the general rate of profit is bound to be downwards. The fall in the rate of profit is in turn considered as an expression of the transient nature of the capitalist mode of production. Hence, given the importance of technological change in Marx’s intellectual project — the analysis of ‘bourgeois society’ — there is hardly a need to justify a concern with his views on the bias of that change.

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  • Heinz D. Kurz, 1998. "Marx on Technological Change: The Ricardian Heritage," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Riccardo Bellofiore (ed.), Marxian Economics: A Reappraisal, chapter 9, pages 119-138, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-26121-5_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26121-5_9
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    1. Heinz D. Kurz & Neri Salvadori, 2011. "In Favor of Rigor and Relevance: A Reply to Mark Blaug," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 43(3), pages 607-616, Fall.

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