Marxism is an economic and political theory that examines the flaws inherent in capitalism. It’s primarily based on the work of German philosopher and economist Karl Marx.

Like elsewhere, Marxism propounded a pleasing political slogan but failed miserably to bring any real reform.This stems from the fact that Marxism, although it presents itself as an economic theory, ...

Marx's Analysis of Capitalism. Excerpt and condensation of Chapter 6 from The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers by Robert L. Heilbroner, 7th ed., 1999.

Marx is often read as saying that “primitive accumulation” was a singular moment located in the ancient past, at the moment of capitalism’s birth. But Marx is clear in Capital that acts of ...

In moments of crisis, it’s easy to think that capitalism is finished. But never forget the system’s formidable ability to ...

Bruno Leipold, in his book Citizen Marx, examines Marx’s early political writings and shows that “republican freedom suffused Marx’s critique of the social domination of capitalism”. Marx defined his ...

If capitalism had been overthrown as quickly as Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels had at first expected, John Cassidy’s sprawling “Capitalism and Its Critics” would have been shorter and easier ...

Kevin Anderson delves into Karl Marx’s final writings to unearth key ideas of critical importance for socialists today.

The Grundrisse was a set of notebooks Karl Marx wrote in 1857-58 while preparing for what would eventually become Capital.

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