A Model of the Marxist Rent Theory

Authors

Debarshi Das, Humanities and Social Sciences Department, Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiFollow

Working Paper Number

2018-10

Publication Date

2018

Abstract

This paper presents an interpretation of Marx’s rent theory. The three forms of rent, differential rent of type one and two, and absolute rent, have been elaborated and represented through algebra. Marx situated his theory in an agrarian economy characterised by the capitalist mode of production. Such conditions are not present in the agrarian economy of India, yet one can still borrow Marx’s analytical tools, the paper argues, to understand the contemporary agrarian India. Some observations on Indian agrarian economy have been offered in the end.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/12237530

License

UMass Amherst Open Access Policy

Recommended Citation

Das, Debarshi, "A Model of the Marxist Rent Theory" (2018). UMass Amherst Economics Working Papers. 248.
https://doi.org/10.7275/12237530