https://understandingcapital.github.io//Understanding CapitalUnderstanding Capital - A podcast on Marx's Critique of Political Economy 2026-09-11T18:03:21-04:00 Hagen Blix https://understandingcapital.github.io// Jekyll © 2026 Hagen Blix /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png Episode 1 B - With Michael Sappir [5-14]2026-09-10T09:00:00-04:00 2026-09-10T09:00:00-04:00 https://understandingcapital.github.io//posts/E01B/ Hagen Blix Player Episode 1 A - Intro & Chapter 1 (first two pages only!) [p. 5-14]2026-09-06T09:00:00-04:00 2026-09-11T18:02:54-04:00 https://understandingcapital.github.io//posts/E01A/ Hagen Blix Player Show Notes Here’s a quick illustration of where we’re going in the first two episodes! The double nature of commodities (things produced for exchange/sale). This week: Use value, next week – exchange value: Episode 6A - Chapter 3: Money, or Commodity Circulation [p. 69-117]2026-07-24T09:00:00-04:00 2026-09-05T10:53:43-04:00 https://understandingcapital.github.io//posts/E06A/ Hagen Blix Show Notes Yet to be released! Real Contradictions Right at the beginning of Chapter 3.2 The Means of Circulation, Marx says something rather interesting. “We saw earlier that the exchange process of commodities implies contradictory and mutually exclusive conditions. As commodities develop, these contradictions don’t disappear, but a form arises in which they can move. Real contradictions ar... Episode 3 A - Chapter 1.3 (until the Fetish Character) [p. 24-46]2026-07-24T09:00:00-04:00 2026-09-05T10:53:43-04:00 https://understandingcapital.github.io//posts/E03A/ Hagen Blix Show Notes Yet to be released! Visualizations Episode 2 A - Chapters 1.1 & 1.2 [p. 13-24]2026-07-24T09:00:00-04:00 2026-09-05T10:53:43-04:00 https://understandingcapital.github.io//posts/E02A/ Hagen Blix Show Notes Yet to be released!