Major Works

• The Marx-Engels Reader

  - Marx, Karl. The Marx-Engels Reader. 2nd ed. Edited by Robert C. Tucker. New York: W. W. Norton, 1978.
  Tucker’s collection remains the best single-volume introduction to Marx’s thought. It provides complete versions of key texts such as the anti-Semitic but revealing On the Jewish Question, The Communist Manifesto, as well as excerpts of longer… More

• Das Kapital (Capital) 1867 – 1894

  - Marx, Karl. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Vol. 1. Translated by Ben Fowkes. London: Penguin Books, 1990. ———. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Vol. 2. Translated by David Fernbach. London: Penguin Books, 1992. ———. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Vol. 3. Translated by David Fernbach. London: Penguin Books, 1992.
  Excerpt: The wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails, presents itself as ‘an immense accumulation of commodities,’ its unit being a single commodity. Our investigation must therefore begin with the analysis of… More

Other Works

• Marx: Later Political Writings

  - Marx, Karl. Marx: Later Political Writings. Terrell Carver, ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Commentary

• The Labour Theory of Value in Karl Marx

  - Joseph, H. W. B. The Labour Theory of Value in Karl Marx. Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1923.

• The Formation of the Economic Thought of Karl Marx: 1843 to Capital

  - Mandel, Ernest. The Formation of the Economic Thought of Karl Marx: 1843 to Capital. London: NLB, 1975.

• “Karl Marx” by Joseph Cropsey

  - Cropsey, Joseph. “Karl Marx.” In History of Political Philosophy, 3rd ed., edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, 802–822. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.

• From Marx to Mises: Post-Capitalist Society and the Challenge of Economic Calculation

  - Steele, David Ramsay. From Marx to Mises: Post-Capitalist Society and the Challenge of Economic Calculation. Open Court, 1992.
  From the Publisher: “In 1920, Ludwig von Mises proclaimed that all attempts to establish socialism would come to grief, for reasons of informational efficiency. At first, socialists and economists took Mises’s argument seriously, but by the end of… More

• The Accumulation of Capital

  - Luxemburg, Rosa. The Accumulation of Capital. London: Routledge, 2003.
  From the Publisher: “Rosa Luxemburg was a revolutionary socialist who fought and died for her beliefs. In January 1919, after being arrested for her involvement in a workers’ uprising in Berlin, she was brutally murdered by a group of right-wing… More

• Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders, the Golden Age, the Breakdown

  - Kolakowski, Leszek, and P. S Falla. Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders, the Golden Age, the Breakdown. New York: W.W. Norton, 2008.
  From the Publisher: “Renowned philosopher Leszek Kolakowski was one of the first scholars to reveal both the shortcomings and the dangers posed by communist regimes. He now presents, for the first time in one paperback volume, his definitive Main… More

• Essays on Marx’s Theory of Value

  - Rubin, Isaak I. Essays on Marx’s Theory of Value. Delhi: AaKar Books, 2008.
  Excerpt: “The distinctive characteristic of the commodity economy is that the managers and organizers of production are independent commodity producers (small proprietors or large entrepreneurs). Every separate, private firm is autonomous, i.e., its… More

• Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

  - Schumpeter, Joseph A. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. New York: Harper, 2008.
  From the Publisher: “2011 Reprint of 1947 Second Edition. Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883 – 1950) was an Austrian-American economist and political scientist. He popularized the term “creative destruction” in economics. Schumpeter’s… More

• How to Read Marx’s Capital

  - Shapiro, Stephen. How to Read Marx’s Capital. London: Pluto, 2008.
  From the Publisher: “Capital Volume I is essential reading on many undergraduate courses, but the structure and style of the book can be confusing for students, leading them to abandon the text. This book is a clear guide to reading Marx’s classic… More

• Exploring Marx’s Capital: Philosophical, Economic, and Political Dimensions

  - Bidet, Jacques. Exploring Marx’s Capital: Philosophical, Economic, and Political Dimensions. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2009.
  From the Publisher: ” This volume, originally published in French under the title Que faire du Capital?, offers a new interpretation of Marx’s great work. It shows how the novelty and lasting interest of Marx’s theory arises from the fact that, as… More

• Introduction to Marx’s Capital

  - Harvey, David. A Companion to Marx’s Capital. New York: Verso, 2010.
  From the Publisher: ““My aim is to get you to read a book by Karl Marx called Capital, Volume 1, and to read it on Marx’s own terms…” The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression has generated a surge of interest in Marx’s work in… More

• Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital

  - Chibber, Vivek. Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital. New York: Verso, 2013.
  From the Publisher: “Postcolonial theory has become enormously influential as a framework for understanding the Global South. It is also a school of thought popular because of its rejection of the supposedly universalizing categories of the… More