Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Volume III: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole

Vol. III of the major work of criticism of the capitalist system by one of the leading theorists of 19th century socialism. Only vol. 1 appeared in Marx’s lifetime; the other two vols. were published postumously by Engels. Marx prided himself on having discovered the “laws” which governed the operation of the capitalist system, laws which would inevitably lead to its collapse. A German language version of Das Kapital is also available in HTML and facsimile PDF.
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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Volume III: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole, by Karl Marx. Ed. Frederick Engels. Trans. from the 1st German edition by Ernest Untermann (Chicago: Charles H. Kerr and Co. Cooperative, 1909).
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE by Frederick Engels
- VOLUME III. THE PROCESS OF CAPITALIST PRODUCTION AS A WHOLE.
- PART I.: THE CONVERSION OF SURPLUS-VALUE INTO PROFIT AND OF THE RATE OF SURPLUS-VALUE INTO THE RATE OF PROFIT.
- CHAPTER I.: COST PRICE AND PROFIT.
- CHAPTER II.: THE RATE OF PROFIT.
- CHAPTER III.: THE RELATION OF THE RATE OF PROFIT TO THE RATE OF SURPLUS-VALUE.
- CHAPTER IV.: THE EFFECT OF THE TURN-OVER ON THE RATE OF PROFIT.
- CHAPTER V.: ECONOMIES IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF CONSTANT CAPITAL.
- CHAPTER VI.: THE EFFECT OF FLUCTUATIONS IN PRICE.
- CHAPTER VII.: ADDITIONAL REMARKS.
- PART II.: CONVERSION OF PROFIT INTO AVERAGE PROFIT.
- CHAPTER VIII.: DIFFERENT COMPOSITION OF CAPITALS IN DIFFERENT LINES OF PRODUCTION AND RESULTING DIFFERENCES IN THE RATES OF PROFIT.
- CHAPTER IX.: FORMATION OF A GENERAL RATE OF PROFIT (AVERAGE RATE OF PROFIT) AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE VALUES OF COMMODITIES INTO PRICES OF PRODUCTION
- CHAPTER X.: COMPENSATION OF THE AVERAGE RATE OF PROFIT BY COMPETITION. MARKET PRICES AND MARKET VALUES. SURPLUS-PROFIT.
- CHAPTER XI.: EFFECTS OF GENERAL FLUCTUATIONS OF WAGES ON PRICES OF PRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER XII.: SOME AFTER REMARKS.
- PART III.: THE LAW OF THE FALLING TENDENCY OF THE RATE OF PROFIT.
- CHAPTER XIII.: THE THEORY OF THE LAW.
- CHAPTER XIV.: COUNTERACTING CAUSES.
- CHAPTER XV.: UNRAVELING THE INTERNAL CONTRADICTIONS OF THE LAW.
- PART IV.: TRANSFORMATION OF COMMODITY-CAPITAL AND MONEY-CAPITAL INTO COMMERCIAL CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL CAPITAL (MERCHANT'S CAPITAL).
- CHAPTER XVI.: COMMERCIAL CAPITAL.
- CHAPTER XVII.: COMMERCIAL PROFIT.
- CHAPTER XVIII.: THE TURN-OVER OF MERCHANT'S CAPITAL. THE PRICES.
- CHAPTER XIX.: FINANCIAL CAPITAL.
- CHAPTER XX.: HISTORICAL DATA CONCERNING MERCHANTS' CAPITAL.
- PART V.: DIVISION OF PROFIT INTO INTEREST AND PROFITS OF ENTERPRISE. THE INTEREST-BEARING CAPITAL.
- CHAPTER XXI.: THE INTEREST-BEARING CAPITAL.
- CHAPTER XXII.: DIVISION OF PROFIT. RATE OF INTEREST. NATURAL RATE OF INTEREST.
- CHAPTER XXIII.: INTEREST AND PROFIT OF ENTERPRISE.
- CHAPTER XXIV.: EXTERNALISATION OF THE RELATIONS OF CAPITAL IN THE FORM OF INTEREST-BEARING CAPITAL.
- CHAPTER XXV.: CREDIT AND FICTITIOUS CAPITAL.
- CHAPTER XXVI.: ACCUMULATION OF MONEY-CAPITAL. ITS INFLUENCE ON THE RATE OF INTEREST.
- CHAPTER XXVII.: THE ROLE OF CREDIT IN CAPITALIST PRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.: THE MEDIUM OF CIRCULATION (CURRENCY) AND CAPITAL. TOOKE'S AND FULLARTON'S CONCEPTION.
- CHAPTER XXIX.: THE COMPOSITION OF BANKING CAPITAL.
- CHAPTER XXX.: MONEY-CAPITAL AND ACTUAL CAPITAL, I.
- CHAPTER XXXI.: MONEY-CAPITAL AND ACTUAL CAPITAL. II. (Continued.)
- CHAPTER XXXII.: MONEY-CAPITAL AND ACTUAL CAPITAL. III. (Concluded.)
- CHAPTER XXXIII.: THE CURRENCY UNDER THE CREDIT SYSTEM.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.: THE CURRENCY PRINCIPLE AND THE ENGLISH BANK LAWS OF 1844.
- CHAPTER XXXV.: PRECIOUS METALS AND RATES OF EXCHANGE.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.: PRECAPITALIST CONDITIONS.
- PART VI.: TRANSFORMATION OF SURPLUS PROFIT INTO GROUND-RENT.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.: PRELIMINARIES.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.: DIFFERENTIAL RENT. GENERAL REMARKS.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.: THE FIRST FORM OF DIFFERENTIAL RENT. (Differential Rent I.)
- CHAPTER XL.: THE SECOND FORM OF DIFFERENTIAL RENT. (Differential Rent II.)
- CHAPTER XLI.: DIFFERENTIAL RENT II.—FIRST CASE: CONSTANT PRICE OF PRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER XLII.: DIFFERENTIAL RENT II.—SECOND CASE: FALLING PRICE OF PRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER XLIII.: DIFFERENTIAL RENT NO. II.—THIRD CASE: RISING PRICE OF PRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER XLIV.: DIFFERENTIAL RENT EVEN UPON THE WORST SOIL UNDER CULTIVATION.
- CHAPTER XLV.: ABSOLUTE GROUND-RENT.
- CHAPTER XLVI.: BUILDING LOT RENT. MINING RENT. PRICE OF LAND.
- CHAPTER XLVII.: GENESIS OF CAPITALIST GROUND-RENT.
- PART VII.: THE REVENUES AND THEIR SOURCES.
- CHAPTER XLVIII.: THE TRINITARIAN FORMULA.
- CHAPTER XLIX.: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER L.: THE SEMBLANCE OF COMPETITION.
- CHAPTER LI.: CONDITIONS OF DISTRIBUTION AND PRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER LII.: THE CLASSES.