If it’s not what you’re after, I may have other suggestions but it depends on what you’re after/why Imperialism isn’t helpful.
E.g. are you just after an account of corporate forms? An intro into companies? An explanation of how companies extract wealth from workers? Or how northern companies extract wealth from the global south? A history of the development of companies? A discussion of the role of companies in colonialism? An analysis of the relationship between companies and the state? Info on the role of the state in setting roles on stocks/shares purchases and transfers?
I’d say the bulk of Marxist texts cover private companies in some way. What is it exactly that you want to know?
What I am after is a Marxist perspective on companies and specifically joint-stock companies which I wasn’t sure how much older texts would have touched on. But since then I did find out that Marx has written quite a bit on stock companies (even when they were still premature at the time) and how they disrupted the old social relations deriving from simple, private ownership.
Anways, thank you for your advice. I must read Imperialism at some point.
Yeah, depending on what you’re looking for, you can get that information from bourgeois sources just as well as from Marxist ones, so about what specifically are you looking for from a Marxist perspective?
I guess something that relates to how stock companies function and are structured, and the status of shareholders within it.
Have you read Imperialism by Lenin?
Haven’t had the chance yet. Does he specifically discuss stock companies, liability, shares and stakes? If so, I wouldn’t have expected it.
It’s not a textbook, if that’s what you mean.
Open it, ctrl+f your search terms.
If it’s not what you’re after, I may have other suggestions but it depends on what you’re after/why Imperialism isn’t helpful.
E.g. are you just after an account of corporate forms? An intro into companies? An explanation of how companies extract wealth from workers? Or how northern companies extract wealth from the global south? A history of the development of companies? A discussion of the role of companies in colonialism? An analysis of the relationship between companies and the state? Info on the role of the state in setting roles on stocks/shares purchases and transfers?
I’d say the bulk of Marxist texts cover private companies in some way. What is it exactly that you want to know?
What I am after is a Marxist perspective on companies and specifically joint-stock companies which I wasn’t sure how much older texts would have touched on. But since then I did find out that Marx has written quite a bit on stock companies (even when they were still premature at the time) and how they disrupted the old social relations deriving from simple, private ownership.
Anways, thank you for your advice. I must read Imperialism at some point.
Could you be more specific?
Yeah, depending on what you’re looking for, you can get that information from bourgeois sources just as well as from Marxist ones, so about what specifically are you looking for from a Marxist perspective?