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Book SynopsisKarl Marx did not write Das Kapital for the bookshelves of economists and philosophers. It is economics for working people, from their viewpoint and history. It is the classic masterpiece of revolutionary working-class politics. Here, David Smith and Phil Evans explode the myth of difficulty haunting Marx's Kapital.
Trade Review"Valuable...in some respects more so than all the interpretations and popularizations I have read." –– C.L.R. James "[Marx's Capital Illustrated] is very, very good, a brilliant exposition and a really creative relationship between image and explanation." –– John Berger
"Valuable...in some respects more so than all the interpretations and popularizations I have read." C.L.R. James "[Marx's Capital Illustrated] is very, very good, a brilliant exposition and a really creative relationship between image and explanation." John Berger
Table of ContentsIntroduction – 1 1. Commodities – 30 2. Products for Use – 34 3. Alienation of Use Value – 37 4. Overproduction – 41 5. Exchange Value – 44 6. Abstract Labour – 47 7. Alienation of Useful Labor – 54 8. Fetishism – 57 9. Money – 64 10. The Accumulation of Capital – 69 11. Labor Power – 86 12. Expropriation – 89 13. A History Lesson – 92 14. The Making of the Working Class – 97 15. Surplus Value – 113 16. The Rate of Surplus Value – 129 17. Labour Power and Class Struggle – 147 18. Abolition of Wage Labour – 162
