How to Read Marx's Capital: Commentary and Explanations on the Beginning ChaptersAn accessible companion to Karl Marx's essential Capital With the recent revival of Karl Marx's theory, a general interest in reading Capital has also increased. But Capital Marx's foundational nineteenth century work on political economy is by no means considered an easily understood text. Central concepts, such as abstract labor, the value form, or the fetishism of commodities, can seem opaque to us as first time readers, and the prospect of