Capital Volume One A Critique Of Political Economy

One of the most notorious works of modern times as well as one of the most influential Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England where this work was largely written Marx drew on a wideranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and generate fresh insights. Arguing that capitalism would create an everincreasing division in wealth and welfare he predicted its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of production. Capital rapidly acquired readership among the leaders of social democratic parties particularly in Russia and Germany and ultimately throughout the world to become a work described by Marxs friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels as the Bible of the Working Class.