02619nam 2200589Ia 450 991045540750332120200520144314.00-674-04286-710.4159/9780674042865(CKB)1000000000787102(DLC)87012121(StDuBDS)AH21620476(SSID)ssj0000158139(PQKBManifestationID)11164001(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158139(PQKBWorkID)10144814(PQKB)10013532(MiAaPQ)EBC3300477(Au-PeEL)EBL3300477(CaPaEBR)ebr10318471(OCoLC)923111955(DE-B1597)574464(DE-B1597)9780674042865(EXLCZ)99100000000078710219870512d1988 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrFree to lose[electronic resource] an introduction to Marxist economic philosophy /John E. RoemerCambridge, MA Harvard University Press19881 online resource (x, 203 p. ) illIncludes index.0-674-31876-5 Includes bibliography and index.Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Origin of Exploitation -- 3. Feudalism and Capitalism -- 4. Exploitation and Profits -- 5. The Morality of Exploitation -- 6. The Emergence of Class -- 7. Exploitation without a Labor Market -- 8. Historical Materialism -- 9. Evolving Forms of Exploitation -- 10. Public Ownership of the Means of Production -- 11. Epilogue -- Appendix: Statements and Proofs of Theorems -- Bibliographical Notes -- References -- IndexJohn Roemer challenges the morality of an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production. Unless you start with a certain amount of wealth in such a society, you are only "free to lose." This book addresses crucial questions of political philosophy and normative economics in terms understandable by readers with a minimal knowledge of economics.Marxian economicsMathematical modelsMarxian economicsPhilosophyElectronic books.Marxian economicsMathematical models.Marxian economicsPhilosophy.335.412Roemer John E82037MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455407503321Free to lose2468615UNINA