Capital: Volume 1: A Critique of Political EconomyThe first volume of a political treatise that changed the world One of the most notorious works of modern times, as well as one of the most influential, Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and create fresh insights. Arguing that capitalism would cause an