Karl Marx is back in fashion. Yes, comrade Marx, the Victorian seer of doom, gloom and economic collapse, is enjoying a renaissance. Bearded, angry, as self-righteous as a biblical prophet, he stares ...

As its title suggests, Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution, by the distinguished Israeli political scientist Shlomo Avineri, is not, in spite of the “Jewish Lives” series for which it was ...

A passage from Karl Marx's "Das Kapital" predicted that the economic crisis of 2008-09 would lead to communism. Famous dead people are good commentators on current events: They are no longer ...

Without a programmatic approach to social resolution policy ‘discussions’ based on Marx-lite economic insights are little more than entertainment for the pundit class.

Editor’s Note: Mary Gabriel is author of “Love and Capital, Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution” (Little, Brown and Company), a finalist for the 2011 National Book Award. There ...

To Americans raised in the ideological climate of the Cold War, the U.S. flag and Karl Marx might seem an odd juxtaposition, but to 19th-century working-class radicals, the triumph of the United ...

Karl Marx, the famed philosopher and author of “The Communist Manifesto,” turned 200 years old on May 5. Here's everything you should know about him.

Karl Marx, born on May 5, 1818, ... Marx's ideas on class struggle, historical materialism, and the inherent flaws of capitalism have left an indelible mark on modern society.