Capital_(Marxism)
Capital (Marxism)
Central concept in marxian critique of political economy
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.[1][2][3][4]
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."[5]