"A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy" by Karl Marx is a key scientific book from the 1800s that looks into how political economy works. It starts by closely checking out commodities, figuring out what they're used for, how much they're worth when traded, and how money matters in a capitalist world. Marx's goal is to break down the tricky money connections that support society and what that means for different social classes and workers. The book kicks off by saying that capitalism shows up through commodities. It talks about how commodities are both useful, because they meet our needs, and valuable when traded, because they're worth something in society. This sets the scene for a detailed look at money relationships, focusing on how work creates value and how capitalism really works. Marx starts explaining how commodities turn into money, pointing out that it's the abstract work that makes commodities able to be traded and what that means for society.
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
By Karl Marx
Discover how the hidden world of labor and commodities shapes society and the economy.
Summary
About the AuthorKarl Marx was a German-born philosopher, political theorist, economist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His best-known works are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and his three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1894); the latter employs his critical approach of historical materialism in an analysis of capitalism, in the culmination of his intellectual endeavours. Marx's ideas and their subsequent development, collectively known as Marxism, have had enormous influence on modern intellectual, economic and political history.
Karl Marx was a German-born philosopher, political theorist, economist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His best-known works are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and his three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1894); the latter employs his critical approach of historical materialism in an analysis of capitalism, in the culmination of his intellectual endeavours. Marx's ideas and their subsequent development, collectively known as Marxism, have had enormous influence on modern intellectual, economic and political history.
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
Political economy
By William Stanley Jevons
Money and trade considered : $b With a proposal for supplying the nation with money
By John Law
On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation
By David Ricardo
Principles of Political Economy
By Arthur Latham Perry
The Accumulation of Capital
By Rosa Luxemburg
Principles of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy
By John Stuart Mill
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
Thoughts on the mechanism of societies
By Charles Casaux
The Land-War in Ireland: A History for the Times
By James Godkin
Landholding in England
By Joseph Fisher
The Acquisitive Society
By R. H. (Richard Henry) Tawney
The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses
By William Larrabee
Morals of Economic Internationalism
By J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson