Marx’s Capital Illustrated: An Illustrated Introduction by David N. Smith, Phil Evans (illustration) ISBN 9781608462667, 1608462668 instant download

Marx’s Capital Illustrated: An Illustrated Introduction by David N. Smith, Phil Evans (illustration) ISBN 9781608462667, 1608462668 instant download

“[Marx's Kapital: An Illustrated Introduction is] valuable and in some respects more so than all the interpretations and popularizations I have read.” — C.L.R. James

Richly illustrated, strikingly accessible, and surprisingly comprehensive, David N. Smith and Phil Evans present Karl Marx's Capital as it was meant to be: in graphic novel form.

Imagine Karl Marx as a cartoonist, ready to set the record straight about his much maligned classic, Das Kapital. Impossibly difficult? Not in the least. Hopelessly outdated? Far from it. Though first published in 1867, Capital remains keenly relevant. Society continues to run on investment and profit, labor and technology. And predictions that once might have seemed rash—global economic crisis, societies nearing bankruptcy—are now simply facts. Capital remains the fullest attempt to explain these facts, and Marx's Capital Illustrated brings this attempt to vibrant life, proceeding all the way from the ABCs to the pertinence of Marx's theory of crisis for today's global woes.

Fresh, funny, and copiously illustrated, this book is for everyone who wants better insight into Capital and capitalism. Readers of Marx, unite! You have found your starting point.

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David Norman Smith hails from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he received an A.B. in economics from the University of California in 1974. His publications include George Orwell Illustrated (Haymarket Books, 2018, with art by Mike Mosher); and articles on capitalism, the working class, charisma, authoritarianism, genocide, critical theory, and more in journals including Sociological Theory, Research in Political Economy, The American Psychologist, Antisemitism Studies, and Rethinking Marxism.

Phil Evans is a longtime political cartoonist based in England. He has illustrated Marx's Kapital for Beginners and Understanding Economics, among many other books.