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Audio of "The Poverty of Philosophy" by Karl Marx, published in 1847. Read online at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/poverty-philosophy/ (including pdf and docx). Recording based on https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Poverty_of_Philosophy See the article on it here https://workersliberty.org/story/2026-05-05/our-reference-points-1-debunking-religion-class-struggle And study notes: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-04-11/poverty-philosophy-notes-study-sessions Contents and (approximate) timestamps: 00:00 Translator's foreword; Preface by Engels from 1884; Author's Preface Chapter 1 — A Scientific Discovery: 43:05 Ch. 1 Section 1 — Opposition of Utility Value to Exchange Value 1:09:04 Ch. 1 Section 2 — Constituted or Synthetic Value 2:03:10 Ch. 1 Section 3 — Application of the Law of the Proportion of Value: (a) Money, (b) Surplus Labour Chapter 2 — The Metaphysics of Political Economy: 2:54:39 Ch. 2 Section 1 — The Method 3:42:35 Ch. 2 Section 2 — The Division of Labor and Machinery 4:19:37 Ch. 2 Section 3 — Competition and Monopoly 4:37:58 Ch. 2 Section 4 — Property and Rent 5:02:48 Ch. 2 Section 5 — Strikes and the Combination of Workmen Appendices: 5:20:17 Appendix 1 — Proudhon Judged by Marx 5:39:14 Appendix 2 — John Gray and his Theory of Labor Notes 5:47:50 Appendix 3 — Free Trade #2 from Marxist points of reference: a reading list https://workersliberty.org/marxist-points-reference-reading-list Playlist of recordings from that list here https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/marxist-points-of-reference-a Audiobook public domain from librivox; music public domain. Subscribe to the podcast "Solidarity & more" by "Workers' Liberty" wherever you listen to podcasts. More info: https://workersliberty.org/audio Image: Proudhon depicted addressing the French assembly