Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844

by Karl Marx

Overview

In the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Marx explains how, under capitalism, people rely on labor to live. In the past people could rely on Nature itself for their natural needs; in modern society, if one wants to eat, one must work: it is only through money that one may survive. Thus, man becomes a slave to his wages. It is only through his work that he can find enough money to continue to live; but he doesn't simply live, he actually only survives, as a worker.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515430735
Publisher:	Wilder Publications
Publication date:	04/03/2018
Pages:	148
Sales rank:	731,493
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

The preeminent socialist thinker of the 19th century, Karl Marx (1818–83) proclaimed that "History is economics in action." His revolutionary theories laid the cornerstones for many of the 20th century's Communist regimes.

Table of Contents

Introduction     7
Translator's Note on Terminology     10
Preface     14
Wages of Labour     20
Profit of Capital     36
Capital     36
The Profit of Capital     37
The Rule of Capital over Labour and the Motives of the Capitalist     40
The Accumulation of Capitals and the Competition Amongst the Capitalists     41
Rent of Land     52
[Estranged Labour]     67
[Antithesis of Capital and Labour. Landed Property and Capital]     84
[Private Property and Labour. Views of the Merchantile System and Physiocracy, Adam Smith, Ricardo and His School]     93
[Private Property and Communism. Various Stages of Development of Communist Views. Crude, Equalitarian Communism and Communism as Socialism Coinciding with Humaneness]     98
[The Meaning of Human Requirements Where There Is Private Property and Under Socialism. The Difference Between Extravagant Wealth and Industrial Wealth. Division of Labour in Bourgeois Society]     115
[The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society]     136
[Critique of the Hegelian Dialectic and Philosophy as a Whole]     142
Appendix
Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy   Frederick Engels     173