Capital: Critique of Political Economy. Volume 1

Do you want to understand how capital controls people's lives? Read the main work of Karl Marx, a classic of political economy. You have in your hands the pure "Capital" — only Marx's thoughts and a minimum of notes, appendices, and comments from Engels and scientific editors. 
Karl Marx critically analyzes the capitalist system, the market economy, defines their main characteristics, reveals the shortcomings of the concept of private property and the reasons for social and economic inequality. 
In the first volume, the author explains:
• how wage labor forms capital, which stratifies society and creates the ground for social upheaval; 
• what commodity, labor power, and value are, including surplus value;
• what secrets are hidden in the initial accumulation of capital.