Chapter 4: The General Formula for Capital
Chapter 5: Contradictions in the General Formula (29:49)
Chapter 6: The Sale and Purchase of Labour-Power (47:43)

The page numbers Professor Harvey refers to are valid for both the Penguin Classics and Vintage Books editions of Capital.

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These lectures were the inspiration for the book: A Companion to Marx’s Capital published by Verso in 2010.


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