Capital: Critique of Political Economy

Capital: Critique of Political Economy (1867-1883) (German: Das Kapital, Kritik der politischen Ökonomie; (German pronunciation: [das kapiˈtaːl]) by Karl Marx is a foundational theoretical text in communist philosophy, economics and politics. Marx aimed to reveal the economic patterns underpinning the capitalist mode of production, in contrast to classical political economists such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo and John Stuart Mill.

Themes

In Capital: Critique of Political Economy (1867), Karl Marx proposes that the motivating force of capitalism is in the exploitation of labour, whose unpaid work is the ultimate source of surplus value and then profit both of which concepts have a specific meaning for Marx. The employer is able to claim the right to profits because he or she owns the productive capital assets (means of production), which are legally protected by the capitalist state through property rights (the historical section shows how this right was acquired in the first place chiefly through plunder and conquest and the activity of the merchant and 'middle-man'). In producing capital (money) as well as commodities (goods and services), the workers continually reproduce the economic conditions by which they labour. Capital proposes an explanation of the "laws of motion" of the capitalist economic system, from its origins throughout its future, by describing the dynamics of the accumulation of capital, the growth of wage labour, the transformation of the workplace, the concentration of capital, commercial competition, the banking system, the decline of the profit rate, land-rents, et cetera.

Das Kapital (album)

Das Kapital is the eleventh studio album by Brazilian rock band Capital Inicial. It was released in 2010.

The album shares its title with the homonymous book written by Karl Marx.

Track listing

Singles

The first single of the album was "Depois da Meia-Noite". It was released on May 4, 2010, and its music video depicts the band playing inside a car's radio. The car is being driven by a masked assailant who is accompanied by a girl, while they are chasen by police officers. The song reached the 30th place on the singles' chart of the Hot100Brasil.

The second single of the album was "Vivendo e Aprendendo", and it was released on August 12, 2010. Capital played the song on the show Altas Horas on August 21, 2010.

The third single was "Como se Sente", and it was released on April 14, 2011.

References

External links

  • The band's official website
  • Podcasts:

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    Das Kapital

    by: Node

    Now you can put these dreams
    Up your big fuckin' asses
    The lies you tell we don't believe
    These children are your soldiers
    These guys follow your way
    The problem is: which is the way?
    You gotta one way
    You give us laws
    You gotta one way
    You kill us
    The end of century, the end of tragedy:
    Begin the new dictatorship
    Too much to say it kill you?
    Too much to say it sucks you?
    Look at this generation fucked
    You gotta one way
    You give us laws
    You gotta one way
    You kill us
    Our minds (... are the new game)
    They control (... in this new age)
    They call (... freedom this new choice)
    We gotta one way (... the new line)
    Bring the illusions, take new lies again
    Feel the noise that helps you die
    And take your daily dose in brain
    Check it out now this new way
    [Solo: Botti/D'Eramo]




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