Marx's Capital and Its Relevance to Today
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Capital, capitalism, surplus value, economic inequality, globalizationResumo
Das Kapital, Karl Marx's classic, is an insightful analysis of how capitalism operates, exposing its exploitative nature and its internal contradictions. This paper explores key theses in Capital, including the concepts of surplus value, capital accumulation, and the alienation of labor, and evaluates their implications in the modern economic and social context. Through dialectical and historical analysis, the paper clarifies how Marx's thought retains its explanatory value for today's problems of globalization, economic inequality, and environmental crises. The results underscore that, despite the changing economic landscape, the core contradictions of capitalism that Marx pointed out persisted, requiring revolutionary solutions towards a more just society.
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