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Karl Marx's 'Das Kapital' Lives On

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From: NPR Talk of the Nation
Date: 20071128
Author:NEAL CONAN

NEAL CONAN
NPR Talk of the Nation
11-28-2007
Karl Marx's 'Das Kapital' Lives On

Host: NEAL CONAN
Time 15:00-16:00 PM

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NEAL CONAN, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.

Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson spoke for many when he said he started to read "Das Kapital" and gave up on page two. Karl Marx's masterwork is forbiddingly long and dauntingly dense - a book cited more often than read - but unquestionably one of the more influential books in history.

Known as the father of communism, the German philosopher and political economist needed more ...

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