Capital: A Critique of Political Ecomony, Vol. 3: The Process of…

Having read the entire Kapital, in three volumes and almost 2500 pages, let me make just one suggestion to those who haven't read it yet: you should seriously consider reading an abridged edition. I wanted to read the entire work because I didn't want to miss something important, but after working my way through thousands of pages of repetitive and antiquated economic theorizing, I admit my misjudgment. Of course, this work probably had a bigger impact on modern history than any other and for that reason alone people should still read it today. But Marx wasn't a very focused writer. Following his thoughts about rent and interest as they meander back and forth, across the same ground he already covered in volumes 1 and 2, is frustrating to say the least. There's simply a lot of superfluous material in Kapital, especially in volumes 2 and 3. A well-edited abridgement, which shouldn't amount to more than 600-700 pages at most, will probably give you the important parts of this classic without omitting anything of value.

Classical analysis of economics demonstrating the importance of material conditions in the progressive development of society. ( )