Critique of Rosa Luxemburg's Accumulation of Capital

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The Imperialism
Accumulation anil the
of Capital- Accumulation
An of
Anti-Critique Capital
by by
Rosa Nikolai
Luxemburg Bukharin
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ROSA LUXEMBURG
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AccumulatoifCo anp ital
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NIKOLAI 1.B UKHARIN
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CONTENTS
Preface vii
TranslaNtootre' s ix
BiographNioctaels
RosaL uxembu(r1g8 71-1919) 1
NikolIavia novBiuckhh ar(i1n8 88-1938) 7
EditoIrn'tsr oduction 14
THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL­
AN ANTI-CRITIQUE
ROSA LUXEMBURG
47
TheQ uestioantIs s sue
TheC ritics 63
90
BauerG'esn erCarli ticisms
107
The' NewP'o pulatTihoeno royf O ttoB auer
136
Bauer''Psr actiCcoanlc'l usions
140
Imperialism
IMPERIALISM AND THE
ACCUMU LATION OF CAP ITAL
NIKOLAI I.B UKHARIN
153
Preface
1.E xpandeRde productiinao nnA bstraCcatp italist
Society 154
2.M oneya ndE xpanded Reproduction 182
3.T heG enerTahle oroyf t heM arket, and Cri2s0e3s !
4.T heE conomiRco otosf I mperialism 238
5.T heT heoroyf C apitaCloilslta pse 258
Conclusion 269
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CONTENTS
AppendIiM xa rx'Ssc hemoefE xpandReedp rodtuicon2 71
AppendIIi xS weezyC'rsi ticoifBs umk harin 275
AppendIiIxIA Useo fL uxemburTgh'eso riynP redict2i7o8n
Bibliography 281
Index 285
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PREFACE
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itetmhsah ta vneo bte eanv ailbaebfloTerh eea.yr oefs ignificance
botfhr oamnh istoproiiconafvtl i eawn fdo trh eciorn tHeenrte.
weh avtew om indosfe xceptviiognocauo'rn tesbtuiftnr go,m
thceo mmosnt andopfoM ianrtx iBsomtt.hh w er ithearvwser itten
longterre atomfet nhsteus b jmeactttw ehri acrhae l reaavdayi lable
tot hEen glriesahdH eorw.e vtehrpe,r esveonltub mrei tnoggse ther
lataenrmd o rseu cceilnacbto rwahtiifcoohnr sam ni ntepgarratl
oft hset uodfty h tew ao uthaonrads l sooft hesiurb ject.
Regartdhiaenc gt utaelxI th sa,vt er iteoid n terafsle irtaets l e
possiwbiltbeho tohft heImh .a voen liyn terpcoolmamteendt s
wherI et hougthhtew ye rnee cestsoac rlya rainfypy a rticlllar
stateAmleslnu tcc.ho mmeonfmt isn aerc el eamralryko effbd y t he
usoef s quabrrea ckIentt hso.cs aes wehse rtehi en terpolation
belotnogs so meoenlesa eu,t horissih nidpi cbaytt ehudes oef
initAilatllh fseo. o tntohtaIeht sa ve adtdheiedn ffoorrm oaft ion
thEen glriesahda erpreu t siqnutaobr rea ckTehtBes u.k hatreixnt
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terLsu.x embutrepgxr'tes s emnotrepedr oblbeemcsas uhsweer ote
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ins od oiInh go pIeh avmea intatihnseep dio rfhi etir n tentions.
Alrle fergeinvcieennst htee xhtasv bee eunp datseotd h,a t
readmearyrs e fteotr h lea tEensgtl tirsahn slaavtaiiolnTashb el e.
samhea bse edno nwei tqhu otataisfo aanrssi pso ssible.
Ih avien sefrotoetdn goitveiisnn fgo rmaabtoiauon tnu mboefr
indivisdoumaoelfw s h,o m wbiewl ellk ln owtnos omree aders,
othepresr hnaopatst a lIlh .o pIeh avneo etr rienpd r esenting
informatimoanys ewehcmio cmhm onptlota hcmeeo rien formed
readmeyra ;i mh abse etnog ivtehn eo n-speacsmi uaclihin s­t
formaatsii coson n siwsitteehan stuy n derstoaftn hdteie nxgt s.
I wisthot haDnkrA .P .R obearntdDs rJ .M alofsot rh eir
helpafduvlia cncedr itiicnpi rsemp atrhiienn gt rodauncadtp i­on
pendiHxoewse.va enrmy,i staiknte hswi osr akr een timryeo lwyn .
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original.
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