In the last analysis, economics – the means by which men and women produce and reproduce the means of existence – are the driving force of any society. 

Marx’s analysis of capitalism is one of his most important contributions. In the pages of Capital, one finds a scientific explanation of how capitalism functions, why it enriches a few and impoverishes the majority, and why it inevitably goes into crisis.
Listen as Adam Booth, a leading British communist who has co-written a readers’ guide to Das Capital, offers an introduction to Marxist economic theory and its relevance to today.