Popularizer and propounder of the economic reading of karl marx, hilferding was one of the leading marxian theorists of his day, identified with the austromarxian group. A weimari koztarsasag idejen nemetorszag szocialdemokrata partjanak spd fo elmeleti szakembere, tobbnyire altalanosan ugy ismert, mint koranak egyik legnagyobb. The japanese society for the history of economic thought. Besides conventional phrases for instance those against the anarchy of a free market that has never been really free we find very original and interesting statements for instance about nationalism as the ideological source of imperialism. Rudolf hilferding finance capital a study of the latest phase of capitalist development. Rudolf hilferding 10 august 1877 11 february 1941 was an austrianborn marxist economist, leading socialist theorist, politician and chief theoretician for the social democratic party of germany spd during the weimar republic, almost universally recognized as the spds foremost theoretician of his century, and a physician he was born in vienna, where he received a doctorate having. He studied medicine at the university of vienna, but soon showed more interest in organizing the student socialist society. Hilferding also participated in the crises debate disputing marx. Rudolf hilferding, fodd 10 augusti 1877 i wien, dod 11 februari 1941 i paris, var en osterrikiskfodd tysk politiker. Rudolf hilferding german finance minister britannica. Besides conventional phrases for instance those against the anarchy of a free market that has never been really free we find very original and interesting statements for instance about nationalism as the ideological source of. Rudolf hilferding and the application of the political economy of the. Writing in the context of the highly cartelized economy of late austriahungary, hilferding contrasted.
Rudolf hilferding was the first marxist scholar to draw attention to the emergence of finance in rudolf hilferding ed, o capital financeiro. The oscar meyer collection has a bit on hilferding. Financial capital and banks in hilferding and sraffa. Financial capital of banks press for investment outlets abroad, which lead governments to imperialism, and promotes the formation of cartels and monopolies to protect them from foreign competition. Exploitation of labour, capital economics, capitalism, capital accumulation, profit economics download. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Rudolf hilferding entered the history of economic thought in the first place as the author of finance capital. This is the first english translation of one of the classical works of marxist economic theory. Rudolf hilferding finance capital a study of the latest phase of. This work foreshadowed his role as the partys chief theorist and financial. Rudolf hilferding, born august 10, 1877, vienna, austriadied february 1941, paris, france, austrianborn german politician who was a leading representative of the viennese development of marxism and who served as finance minister in 1923 and 1928 in two german social democratic party spdled governments born into a liberal jewish family in vienna, hilferding became attracted to. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. In aprils talk, dimitris sotiropoulos senior lecturer in finance, faculty of business and law will introduce the work of austrianborn economist and politician rudolf hilferding. Bohmbawerks criticism of marx, 1904 parliamentarianism and the general strike from the social democrat november 1905.
A study of the latest phase of capitalist development. Bundesarchiv bild 10206154, berlin, kabinett muller nach erster sitzung. Marxs capital contained, in his view, a classical, comprehensive analysis of traditional capitalism, which should be complemented with the analysis of new. Rudolf hilferding 10 august 1877 11 february 1941 was an austrianborn marxist economist, leading socialist theorist, politician and chief theoretician for the social democratic party of germany spd during the weimar republic, almost universally recognized as the spds foremost theoretician of his century, and a physician. James, harold 1981, rudolf hilferding and the application of the. Purpose drawing inspiration from the 1910 book finanzkapital by rudolf hilferding, this paper seeks to explore the nature of financial capital in the early twenty. Jun 24, 2019 the third line indicates the degree of volatility of each of the microeconomic variables with regard to the standard deviation of the gdp. Hilferding 18771941 blended marxist economics and social democratic politics in a career cut tragically short by the rise of fascism in germany. Rudolf hilferdings theory of finance capital springerlink. Marxian and nonmarxian foundations of rudolf hilferding. As editor of two official socialist newspapers, he voiced strong antinazi views. Finance capital rudolf hilferding free ebook download as pdf file.
Drawing inspiration from the 1910 book finanzkapital by rudolf hilferding, this paper explores the nature of financial capital in early 21 st century from a politicaleconomic and culture theory. Media in category rudolf hilferding the following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total. Finance capital, written in 1910 by rudolf hilferding, is normally understood to. Rudolf hilferding 18771941 was born in vienna, but later changed his citizenship from austrian to german. The weimar republic is so called because the assembly that adopted its constitution met at weimar, germany from 6 february to 11 augustbut this name only became wl after for examples, see marx,pp, he gudolf transformed his surplus value in the shape of. Rudolf hilferding on english mercantilism history of political. Rudolf hilferding 10 august 1877 11 february 1941 was an austrianborn marxist. Finance capital rudolf hilferding commodity exchange value. First published in 1910, rudolf hilferdingsdas finanzkapital finance capital was almost immediately hailed as a fourth volume of marxscapital in fact,finance capitaltranslated into english in 1981 is less a continuation or an extension of the three volumes ofcapital, than an updating and restatement of material covered by marx.
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