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    Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx

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    Adam Smith and Karl Marx are the greatest economic analysts the world has ever seen. Adam Smith is considered as the father of modern day economics whereas Karl Marx is considered as the father of Communism. Karl Marx is one of the most controversial figures of the twentieth century‚ though he lived in the 19th. As one of the original minds behind communism and a fundamental revolutionary‚ he is renowned as a radical and somewhat dangerous political philosopher. Adam Smith is the father of economics

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    were a series of intense discussions by the great thinkers of the time‚ on how the economy should be molded going forward. The two most prominent of these intellectuals were Karl Marx and Adam Smith. Combined they shared a vision of an emerging social system‚ which they had foreseen; and what we now know as capitalism. Marx called his theory “the capitalist mode of production”‚ while Smith referred to the idea as the “society of perfect liberty”. There are several similarities and differences between

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    Alienated Labour- Karl Marx

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    Reflection Paper On: Alienated Labour by Karl Marx The 19th century German‚ Karl Marx presents the alienation of labour in one of his many works. He explains aspects such as the man from the product of man’s labor‚ in the process of production‚ of man as species-being and of man and man. When I think of alienation‚ I think of when First Nations people first were alienated by the residential school system and the affects its caused to the labor abilities of Aboriginal peoples of Canada. All these

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    The theory of capitalism describes the essential features of capitalism and how it functions. Adam Smith focused his theories on the role of enlightened self-interest "led by an invisible hand" or incorrectly "the invisible guiding hand"‚ and the role of specialisation in promoting the efficiency of capital accumulation. Some proponents of capitalism emphasize the role of free markets‚ which‚ they claim‚ promote freedom and democracy. For many‚ capitalism hinges on the extension into a global dimension

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    Karl Marx is one of the founding fathers of Communism. He believed more in the right of the people and thought they should escape from a capitalist society. Marx believed that economics is more important to politics than freedom and was bothered by the lack of equality and freedom to citizens. His vision and approach proved to be successful and revolutionary. Marx’s conception of a ‘species being’ is the biological and evolutionary characteristics of mankind. He believes that as biological beings

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    In this paper‚ we will evaluate alienation and its premises as presented in “Estranged Labor” by Karl Marx and few predicaments from his arguments. Although most of his the concept behind the alienation and how this term has come from the idea of capitalism. Karl Marx begins Karl Marx’s defines “alienation” by which laborers are estranged from their self-being because of capitalist. He then presents four types of alienation: The alienation of the worker from the work he produced‚ the alienation of

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    results in harsh employment and living conditions for both poor and working classes of society. This prompted the reactions of philosophical thinkers like Adam Smith‚ who saw the Industrial Revolution in its beginning and middle stages‚ and Karl Marx‚ who

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    money one earn‚ but defined by the ability of one’s labour. On the other hand‚ Marx emphasizes value of labour in the process of division of labour. When labours are divided‚ there has to be a surplus in products‚ for which a trade can occur‚ that is the foundation of market. The modern specialization in market is derived from the class level system. This may seem abstract due to the evolution from feudalism towards capitalism. As discussed‚ if division of labour creates market‚ and division of labour

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    CAN WE CONSIDER KARL MARX A SOCIOLOGIST? “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” (Marx and Engels 2002[1888]: 219) I am beginning with the famous quote from The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to frame a question to myself about Marx’s theoretical importance and its practical implication. I had my first encounter with Marx when I was in the 11th standard of my formal education. Since then the ghost of Marx has been impelling

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    Karl Marx Karl Marx was born into a progressive Jewish family in Prussian Trier (now in Germany). His father Herschel‚ descending from a long line of rabbis‚ was a lawyer and his brother Samuel was--like many of his ancestors--chief rabbi of Trier. The family name was originally "Marx Levi"‚ which derives from the old Jewish surname Mardochai. In 1817 Heinrich Marx converted to the Prussian state religion of Lutheranism to keep his position as a lawyer‚ which he had gained under the Napoleonic regime

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