Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, V. 2

Marx in your pocket. What could be better?

I ordered this for my teenage son who requested it for Christmas. I'm not sure how much he has read at this point.

If you are looking to purchase the hardcover version thinking that it is the full text, don't. It's the first part of volume 1. Find a different copy.

very good

This was a gift.

Readers of Marx’s Capital world initially might think of this as an historical work that has little to do with our current reality. Well, those who draw that conclusion are not taking a serious view of the world today. Currently there are three individuals who own more than 300 billion dollars. At the same time, there are about 800 million people who don’t have enough food to eat. Marx explained that the concentration of wealth comes from the abject poverty in the world. You won’t read this in the pro-capitalist media. That is why reading Marx’s Capital is essential.

Capital is, of course, a seminal work. I disagree with many of Marx's conclusions, and I think he frequently uses circular arguments that don't stand up to scrutiny, but there's no question that this is an important and readable work. Unfortunately, as an E-book, it's a truly disappointing product. Marx made extensive use of footnotes. In this book, most of the footnotes link to the wrong chapters. Clicking on a footnote may, or may not, lead to something that at least has the same number (even though it's in the wrong chapter), but clicking on the return link will take you off to never-never land. I found that the only way to have any chance of returning to the point of origin was to make a record of the numeric "location" in the text, and then navigate to that location directly. That worked -- MOST of the time. But the Kindle for Android application doesn't seem to be able to keep track of the current location in any E-book with DRM. Certainly, in THIS book, turning off my Android device and turning it back on is a crap-shoot. There's no telling WHERE in the book the application will be. Given that this book is waaaaay out of copyright, and that it is available from numerous sources FOR FREE, without any DRM, I'm truly disappointed that I paid good money for such a frustrating copy. I've switched my reading to another copy, generated from the Gutenberg text, that at least can keep track of the footnotes and get back to the same point in the text after reading one.

Das Kapital has only 3 volumes, or 4 if you consider the historic volume. According to the sample, this ebook is only Volume 1, with its 8 PARTS (Part I to Part 8).

英語版は、ディーツ版とは章編別に違いがあるが、ディーツ版邦訳の邦訳上の疑問点を確認するには、独語をよく理解できない者にとっては非常に参考になる。ネットで見ることもできるが、電子版なら安価で持ち運びでき、満足している。

Groucho had a better grasp of life than Karl, he should have been one of the brothers as his brand of humour is somewhat unique and was dated even when written!

Why the harcover of this version is too small and consist less number of pages??? I am cheated.