150 years of 'Das Kapital': How relevant is Marx today?*

Aug 24th 2017, Jayati Ghosh
After 150 years of 'Das Kapital', the seminal work of the 19th century economist still provides a framework for understanding contemporary capitalism. The unique social relations such as "free labour" and "commodity fetishism", that according to Marx, define capital, are reflected in the uneven and unstable development of the world market.

* This article was originally published in the
Aljazeera on August 17, 2017.


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