History of economic thought died, Engels completed the second volume of "Das Kapital" from his notes. Marx wrote his magnum opus "Das Kapital" (1867) at the British Museum's library in London. Karl Marx begins with the concept of commodities. Before capitalism, says Marx, production was based on slavery – in ancient Rome for example – then serfdom in the feudal societies of medieval Europe. The current mode of labor exchange has produced an erratic and unstable situation allowing the conditions for revolution. People buy and sell their labor as people buy and sell goods and services. People themselves have become disposable commodities. As Marx
Biographies of Karl Marx The work was republished as Karl Marx: A Biography in 1995. Marx Without Myth: A Chronological Study of his Life and Work by Maximilien Rubel Karl Marx is a 2010 biography by journalist Francis Wheen. Karl Marx: A Nineteenth Century Life is a 2013 biography of Karl Marx by Jonathan Sperber. Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion is a 2016 biography of Karl Marx by British historian Gareth Stedman-Jones. Marx: The Man and His Message is a biography by Keir Hardie. Karl Marx. A Brief Biographical Sketch With an Exposition of Marxism. Written: 1914 1938: Karl Marx, London: Chapman & Hall