Capital, Vol. 1, Part 1 of 8: Commodities and Money (Preface, Chs. 1-3) (1867) by Karl Marx

Listen to this episode from Socialism For All on Spotify. Human-read Marxist audiobook + discussion of Karl Marx's Das Kapital, Volume 1, Part 1 of 8: Commodities and Money (first English edition, 1887) by Socialism for AllPatreon ☭ https://patreon.com/socialismforall BuyMeACoffee ☭ https://buymeacoffee.com/socialismforallBluesky ☭ https://bsky.app/profile/socialismforall.bsky.socialDiscord ☭ socialismforallSoundcloud ☭ https://soundcloud.com/socialismforall Spotify ☭ https://open.spotify.com/show/3byqQVsdTzhE2dOsnAUmK5 Substack ☭ https://substack.com/@SocialismForAllTikTok ☭ https://www.tiktok.com/@socialismforallTumblr ☭ https://www.tumblr.com/socialismforallTwitch ☭ https://twitch.tv/SocialismS4AYouTube ☭ https://youtube.com/SocialismForAll Socialism for All does not run ads on its material. Please consider becoming a financial contributor on Patreon or BuyMeACoffee today for as little as $2/month!Text: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/Basic Marxism-Leninism Study Guide Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXUFLW8t2sntNn5jQO8vF7ai9x0fna3PVS4A's Karl Marx's Capital (Das Kapital), All Volumes YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPNOYWZ4oX8&list=PLXUFLW8t2snu8BtqMfedSA6AaNcfXjFmNTimestamps:0:00:00 S4A Intro0:02:39 Significance of Capital0:05:45 1867: Marx's thank you letter to Engels0:06:14 1867: Dedication to Wilhelm Wolff0:06:37 1867: Preface to the First German Edition (Marx)0:17:27 1872: Preface to the French Edition (Marx)0:18:33 1873: Afterword to the Second German Edition (Marx)0:39:44 1875: Afterword to the French Edition (Marx)0:40:52 1883: Preface to the Third German Edition (Engels)0:46:13 1886: Preface to the English Edition (Engels)0:55:32 1890: Preface to the Fourth German Edition (Engels)1:08:47 Thanks to the Patrons1:08:56 Ch. 1: Commodities: S4A Intro & Key Concepts1:20:57 Ch. 1, Sec. 1: The Two Factors of a Commodity: Use-Value and Value1:42:00 Ch. 1, Sec. 2: The two-fold Character of the Labor Embodied in Commodities2:01:07 Ch. 1, Sec. 3: The Form of Value or Exchange-Value2:03:25 Ch. 1, Sec. 3A: Elementary or Accidental Form of Value2:03:43 Ch. 1, Sec. 3A1: The Two Poles of the Expression of Value: Relative Form and Equivalent Form2:06:34 Ch. 1, Sec. 3A2: The Relative Form of Value + 3A2a The Nature and Import of this Form2:17:31 Ch. 1, Sec. 3A2b: Quantitative Determination of Relative Value2:23:50 Ch. 1, Sec. 3A3: The Equivalent Form of Value2:37:00 Ch. 1, Sec. 3A4: The Elementary Form of Value Considered as a Whole2:42:06 Ch. 1, Sec. 3B: Total or Expanded Form of Value 2:42:32 Ch. 1, Sec. 3B1: The Expanded Relative Form of Value2:45:32 Ch. 1, Sec. 3B2: The Particular Equivalent Form2:46:02 Ch. 1, Sec. 3B3: Defects of the Total or Expanded Form of Value2:48:21 Ch. 1, Sec. 3C: The General Form of Value2:48:37 Ch. 1, Sec. 3C1: The Altered Character of the Form of Value2:53:57 Ch. 1, Sec. 3C2: The Interdependent Development of the Relative Form of Value, and of the Equivalent Form2:58:06 Ch. 1, Sec. 3C3: Transition from the General Form of Value to the Money-Form2:59:19 Ch. 1, Sec. D: The Money-Form3:01:40 Ch. 1, Sec. 4: The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret thereof3:37:16 S4A Closing & Credits3:37:29 Ch. 2: Exchange: S4A Intro & Key Concepts/Terms3:42:08 Ch. 2: Exchange4:06:57 S4A Closing & Credits4:07:09 Note on “Value” and “Exchange Value” in Karl Marx’s Capital from S4A4:11:20 Ch. 3: Money, or the Circulation of Commodities: S4A Intro & Key Concepts/Terms4:15:29 Ch. 3, Sec. 1: The Measure of Values4:41:11 S4A Closing & Credits4:41:27 Ch. 3, Sec. 2: The Medium of Circulation + Ch. 3, Sec. 2A: The Metamorphosis of Commodities5:08:35 Ch. 3, Sec. 2B: The Currency of Money5:36:49 Ch. 3, Sec. 2C: Coin and Symbols of Value5:53:59 Thanks to the Patrons5:54:17 Ch. 3, Sec. 3: Money5:55:05 Ch. 3, Sec. 3A: Hoarding6:07:20 Ch. 3, Sec. 3B: Means of Payment6:26:43 Ch. 3, Sec. 3C: Universal Money6:37:35 S4A Closing & Credits