Karl Marx set about to analyze the development of capital, the componets of capital and the modern day application of capital. As a political economy scientist he outlined the key human ingredient; the concept of the surplus value of labor. This concept is the most difficult to understand in the three eseential elements of capital, but it is the essential ingredient. This work is most likley the most important contribution of Marx to the world of political economy. Regardless of one's political and economic views it is necesaary to understand what is put forward by Marx in order to have comprehensive knowledge of how capital is created and used to produce. A Collector's Edition.