Perspectives of Peasant Farming in Karl Marx, View

Only very few publications dealing with analysis of K. Marx’ views on development prospects of peasant farms indicate that also in his works one can find elements prompting an opinion that he perceived some possibilities of development for peasant farms. On the other hand, there are commonly emphasized these e le - ments in K. Marx' creative output, which testify to his uncompromising stance towards possibilities of implementing reproduction on enlarged scale by small- -commodity agriculture. The present article is devoted, in principle, to pointing out these elements in K. Marx' views, which may testify that he was inclined also to attributing to small-commodity agriculture certain chances for implementing reproduction on enlarged scale. There may be expanding these farms, which: — obtain surplus production above interest paid on price of land; — do not pay mortgage; — realize differential land rate I.Zadanie pt. „Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki” nr 885/P-DUN/2014 dofinansowane zostało ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej naukę