Capital (Das Kapital) – Volume I – Karl Marx by Karl Marx

"Capital is dead labour, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labour."

Karl Marx undertakes a critical analysis of political economy, aiming to reveal the economic laws of the capitalist mode of production. He explores concepts such as commodities, surplus value, and the exploitation of the working class, arguing that capitalism is inherently unstable and destined to be replaced by socialism.

Capital is one of the most influential and controversial books in history. It provided the intellectual foundation for the communist movements of the 20th century and fundamentally changed the way we understand economics, class struggle, and the relationship between labor and wealth.

Volume I of 2 — Parts I–IV: commodities and money, the transformation of money into capital, absolute and relative surplus-value.