William Jefferies

Hegel and Marx

The logic of ‘Capital’, the Systematic Dialectic School and a defence of the logical-historical method

William Jefferies takes two new books by Andy Blunden as a jumping off point to re-examine the relationship between Hegel’s “Logic” and Marx’s “Capital”.
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Is China a Great Power?

William Jefferies — China’s Great Power status is contested by two groups of Marxists: those who view it as socialist and those who deny its challenge to US hegemony. Neither argument stands up to scrutiny.
End of globalisation graphic

Long wave theory, globalisation’s end, and the coming crises: An interview with William Jefferies

William Jefferies explores the usefulness of long wave theory for understanding the current moment, how globalisation reshaped the world economy, and the coming period of crisis.
Karl Marx Friedrich Engels

The declining rate of profit: Avoiding the key issue

William Jefferies — James Doughney’s latest contribution to the discussion on Marx’s tendency of the rate of profit to fall avoids the key point: the relationship between the proportional rise in the mass of physical capital and productivity rate rises.
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Was Marx wrong about the declining rate of profit?

William Jefferies — James Doughney’s attempted refutation of Karl Marx’s law of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall is thoughtful and thorough, but ultimately wrong.