Marx, Karl Marx's Das Kapital: A Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)

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Marx, Karl Marx's Das Kapital: A Biography. Francis Wheen. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 2007. 130 pp. $22.95.

"Wheen's strategy is to concentrate less on the book than on the details of its conception and reception. Readers looking for a detailed discussion of the surplus theory of value will ...

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