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Das Kapital, Karl Marx's greatest surviving legacy, is a critical analysis of political economy. This current edition is carefully retranslated and abridged for the modern reader to emphasize the most relevant details of Marx's work. Summary of the Book A strong analysis of political economy, Das Kapital sees Marx examine capitalism and speaks against its mode of production. It shows how capitalism eventually led to socialist methods, and the fallacies of the class struggle involved therein. He moves on to examine how capital should be circulated, how value and surplus-value are realized. The latter half of the book is pivotal to understanding Marx's philosophy and eventually his thoughts on communism and how society should work as a whole. A monumental achievement in human psyche, Das Kapital is as relevant today as it was when Marx first wrote it. About Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx was a philosopher, political economist, sociologist, humanist and revolutionary. His Communist Manifesto is the basis of all communism and stands to secure his place as one of the foremost political theorists of all time.