Capital is a central concept in Marxian critique of political economy, and in Marxian thought more generally.

Marxists view capital as a social relation reproduced by the continuous expenditure of wage labour. Labour and capital are viewed as historically specific[clarification needed] forms of social relations.

Marx stated that "Capital is dead labour, that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks."

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Further reading

  • Pradella, Lucia (2015). Globalisation and the critique of political economy : new insights from Marx's writings. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 978-1-317-80072-9. OCLC .{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)