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Karl MarxA brief history of economic thought

He was born on 5 May 1818 in TrierA brief history of economic thought : Karl Marx

A brief history of economic thought : Karl Marx

In 1835 he went to Bonn University to study law and the year after he moved to BerlinA brief history of economic thought : Karl Marx

His original intention was to go on with his legal studies, but was drawn first into the philosophy of law, and then into philosophyA brief history of economic thought : Karl MarxHe was strongly influenced by Hegels ideasA brief history of economic thought : Karl MarxKarl Marxs major ideas:In 1841 received his doctorate for a thesis entitled Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature A brief history of economic thought : Karl MarxKarl Marxs major ideas:

He worked in a newspaper called The Rheinische Zeitung a year later he moved to Cologne and became its chief editor. In 1843 he and his family moved to Paris after censorship made his work almost impossible in GermanyA brief history of economic thought : Karl MarxKarl Marxs major ideas:

In 1845 Marx gets expelled from France and moves to Brussels, where he was soon joined by EngelsA brief history of economic thought : Karl MarxKarl Marxs major ideas:In 1849, the Marx family moved to London and Marx obtained a ticket to the Reading Room of the British Museum. He started for the first time to study economics, drawing especially on the EconomistA brief history of economic thought : Karl MarxKarl Marxs major ideas:

Marx had originally intended the Contribution to be only the introduction to the Economics, which would be separated into six volumes: (1) Capital (2) Landed Property (3) Wage Labor (4) The State (5) International Trade(6) The World MarketA brief history of economic thought : Karl MarxKarl Marxs major ideas:Marx abandoned the six-volume scheme, and decided instead to call the whole work Capital, which would be divided into four volumes(1)production(2)circulation (3)the system as a whole(4)theories of surplus valueA brief history of economic thought : Karl MarxKarl Marxs major ideas:

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The first attempt to translate Capital was made back in 1927 by P. Pouliopoulos and G. DoumasA brief history of economic thought : David RicardoKarl Marx in Greece:

Pouliopoulos was arrested by the fascist Metaxas regime, and then executed in 1943 by Italian forces during the occupation of Greece in the WW2 before he could finish his translation.A brief history of economic thought : David RicardoKarl Marx in Greece:

The attempts that were made later by Giannis Kordatos and D. Pournaras were also never completedA brief history of economic thought : David RicardoKarl Marx in Greece:The first complete publication of Das Kapital was made by the lawyer Giannis Skouriotis in the 50s. Skouriotis translated the text straight from the German prototypeA brief history of economic thought : David RicardoKarl Marx in Greece:

Skouriotiss translation was published in several issues at his own expenses between 1954 and 1960A brief history of economic thought : David RicardoKarl Marx in Greece:The complete translation that can be found in the market today was made by Panagiotis Mavromatis, a delegate of CPG. The first two volumes were published abroad, because the CPG was outlawed until the mid-70A brief history of economic thought : David RicardoKarl Marx in Greece:

The complete edition was made after the collapse of the military junta in 1974 . In the following decade the Capital was printed in four volumes (including surplus value theories) A brief history of economic thought : David RicardoKarl Marx in Greece:From 1978 until 2009 the first volume sold over 23.000 copies, the second 15.000, the third 12.000 and the forth 8.000A brief history of economic thought : David RicardoKarl Marx in Greece:From 1978 until 2009 the first volume sold over 23.000 copies, the second 15.000, the third 12.000 and the forth 8.000A brief history of economic thought : David RicardoKarl Marx in Greece: