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 Welcome back to the blog! Today we turn our attention to Karl Marx (1818–1883) , one of the most influential and controversial figures in economic history. While Marx is often associated with politics and revolution, his economic theories are among his most powerful and enduring contributions. Who Was Karl Marx? Karl Marx was a German philosopher, historian, sociologist, and economist. He’s best known for his critique of capitalism and for developing the theory of historical materialism . His most famous works — The Communist Manifesto (1848, co-authored with Friedrich Engels) and Das Kapital (1867) — revolutionized how we think about class, labor, and economics. Core Economic Concepts 1. Labor Theory of Value Marx built on the classical economists' labor theory of value (notably from Ricardo and Smith), arguing that the value of a good is determined by the socially necessary labor time required to produce it . However, he added a radical twist: that capitalists profit ...