A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

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Mankind always sets itself only such problems as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, it will always be found that the task itself arises only when the material conditions for its solution already exist or are at least in the process of formation.

Karl Marx

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Topic

Solving problems

Author

Karl Marx

Source

A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Language

German

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Zur Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie [On the Critique of Political Economy]. Berlin: Franz Duncker, 1859, preface.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, edited by Maurice Dobb. International Publishers, 2022, preface.