Karl Marx

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Karl Marx

Karl Marx (5t Mey 1818 in Trier, Germany14t Mairch 1883 in Lunnon, UK) wis a German philosopher and poleitical thinker that screived aboot economics an poleitics. His first weel-kent beuk wis the Communist Manifesto, scrieved thegither wi Friedrich Engels in 1848. In this beuk thay set oot the ideas an aims o the Communist muvement for the first time. His theories wis gien the name Marxism efterhaund, baith bi thaim that greed wi him an thaim that criticeesed him.

His maist important contreibution is thocht tae be his beuk Das Kapital that wis screived in three volumes ower monie tenyears; in it he analeesed, criticeesed, an gied the name tae the seestem o capitalism. For the maist pairt it disagreed wi leiberal economic views an haes led tae gran debates atween its supporters an detractors.

His wark wisna feinisht bi the time he dee'd an Engels teuk his jots an completit twa mair volumes.