Capital, Volume I

Marx's first systematic study of commodities and money, whose famous preface sums up historical materialism in a single page. The bridge to Capital.

Karl Marx

Marx and Engels settle accounts with the Young Hegelians and set out the materialist conception of history for the first time, starting with the famous chapter on Feuerbach.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Two short works where Marx explains wages, prices and profit in plain language for working people. The most accessible way into his economics.

Karl Marx

Marx's sharp notes on a socialist party platform, where he sketches the transition to communism and the principle from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

Karl Marx

Marx's account of the 1871 Paris Commune, the first workers' government, and the lessons he drew from it about the state. Includes Engels' introduction.

Karl Marx