Understanding Marx's Capital: A Reader's Guide

Marx's Capital revolutionised the subject of political economy. Written over 150 years ago, it revealed for the first time the real workings of capitalism. It was, however, met with a wall of silence from mainstream economists and the establishment. Despite this, Capital became regarded in the labour movement as the Bible of the working class.

Basing himself on the most advanced material of the age, Marx was able to explain the mysteries that the classical economists were incapable of resolv...