Marx's Capital Illustrated [Paperback]

Imagine Karl Marx as a cartoonist, ready to set the record straight about his much maligned classic,Das Kapital. Impossibly difficult? Not in the least. Hopelessly outdated? Far from it. Though first published in 1867,Capitalremains keenly relevant. Society continues to run on investment and profit, labor and technology. And predictions that once might have seemed rash—global economic crisis, societies nearing bankruptcy—are now simply facts.Capitalremains the fullest attempt to explain these facts, andMarx's Capital Illustratedbrings this attempt to vibrant life, proceeding all the way from the ABCs to the pertinence of Marx's theory of crisis for today's global woes.

Fresh, funny, and copiously illustrated, this book is for everyone who wants better insight into Capital and capitalism. Readers of Marx, unite! You have found your starting point.

David Smith is the editor of a forthcoming English-language volume ofMarx's Notes on Global Capitalism and Non-Western Culturefor Yale University Press. His publications include articles in many scholarly journals, includingSociological Theory,Rethinking Marxism,The American Psychologist, andCurrent Perspectives in Social Theory.

Phil Evans is a longtime political cartoonist based in England. He has illustrated Marx's Kapital for Beginners and Understanding Economics, among many other books.

This beginners guide toCapitalillustrates the key concepts, humour, and immense vitality to be enjoyed in Marx's great work.

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Introduction ?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
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