Das Kapital

Das Kapital

Das Kapital, Kritik der politischen Ökonomie ( ; Capital: Critique of Political Economy), by Karl Marx, is a critical analysis of capitalism as political economy, meant to reveal the economic laws of the capitalist mode of production, and how it is the precursor of the socialist mode of production.

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Read more about Das Kapital:  Themes, Intellectual Influences, Capital, Volume IV, Publication, Translations

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