[URPE] [NYC] Brecht Forum class announcement

[urpe-moderator at lists.econ.utah.edu]

Dear Friends,
 
    Because of the complications of the move of the Brecht Forum to new 
offices, there have been problems in publicizing classes being held 
there. They have asked those of us teaching to spread the word for 
classes still accepting students. Hence the announcement below which the 
Brecht Forum asks you to mention to possibly interested folks:
 
Thursday, October 6
5:30 -7:30 pm
4-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

Basic Concepts in Marx's Capital

(Richard Wolff)

 This course introduces Marx's basic contributions to understanding 
modern economies. The first two class meetings will cover Volume 1's 
theories of value, surplus, capital, class, exploitation, alienation, 
and the instability of capitalism's cycles and crises. The third class 
meeting will provide an overview of Marx's analyses (in Volumes 2 and 3) 
of how industrial capitalists distribute the surpluses they take from 
workers, and how their distributions (for example, to banks, merchants, 
and the state) shape modern societies. Finally, the fourth class session 
will examine Marx's theories of social change and revolution using his 
volume 1 analysis of the transition from feudalism to capitalism and his 
occasional remarks on transition from capitalism to communism.

 Richard Wolff teaches economics at the University of Massachusetts. 
Among other works, he is the author, with Stephen Resnick, of Knowledge 
and Class: A Marxian Critique of Political Economy, and Class Theory and 
History: Capitalism and Communism in the USSR.

Sliding scale: $45-$65
 
See also:  www.brechtforum.org <http://www.brechtforum.org>