Which thinker authored the work Das Kapital?

Which thinker authored the work Das Kapital?

• A. Adam Smith
• B. Karl Marx
• C. David Ricardo
• D. Carl Menger

Answer: (B)

Das Kapital is Karl Marx's major analysis of capitalist economics. It presents how value is produced through labor, how capitalists extract surplus value from workers, and how these dynamics drive capital accumulation and social relations under capitalism. This work is closely tied to Marx’s critique of exploitation and class struggle within the market system. In contrast, the other thinkers are known for different contributions: Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations and helped shape early market theory; David Ricardo advanced ideas about the labor theory of value and rents; Carl Menger founded the marginalist approach and the Austrian school. So the author of Das Kapital is Karl Marx.

Das Kapital is Karl Marx's major analysis of capitalist economics. It presents how value is produced through labor, how capitalists extract surplus value from workers, and how these dynamics drive capital accumulation and social relations under capitalism. This work is closely tied to Marx’s critique of exploitation and class struggle within the market system. In contrast, the other thinkers are known for different contributions: Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations and helped shape early market theory; David Ricardo advanced ideas about the labor theory of value and rents; Carl Menger founded the marginalist approach and the Austrian school. So the author of Das Kapital is Karl Marx.