Wage-Labor and Capital

By: Karl Marx

Narrated by: Prashant Vallury

"Wage-Labor and Capital" is an 1847 essay on economics by Karl Marx, which was first published in the Neue Rheinische Zeitung two years later. This essay has been widely acclaimed as the precursor to Marx’s important treatise, Das Kapital.

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great book

it is a great book I really loved it you might have to read listen to the chapters though its deep stuff

An excellent introduction to Marx

A solid primer for Marx's later works. It's important to see how his ideas began and then evolved over time. For me, this was far more readable than Kapital in either print or audio. The narration was excellent, and I suspect that is why it was so digestible. The narrator for the main 3 volumes of Das Kapital on Audible makes the text even more of dense, turgid slog than it already is.

Important in understanding where wages come from

The language is tough because of the time frame it was written in but otherwise the book is incredible. So much information in such a short read. One of the better books on political economy.

Excellent Overview of Marx

This book is an excellent overview of Marx’s theory of capital. Highly recommend for understanding the underpinnings of Capitalism.