Das Kapital by Karl Marx (1867)

Money, machines, and the mechanics of power — welcome to the book that tried to decode the entire engine of capitalism. In this episode, we break open Karl Marx's Das Kapital, the 19th-century masterpiece that turned economics into revolution. Marx wasn't just counting coins — he was asking why the few grow rich while the many stay trapped in endless labor. We'll explore his ideas of surplus value, class struggle, and the invisible gears that turn profit into power. Dense? Absolutely. But behind every chart and theory lies a moral question: what's the real cost of progress? Das Kapital is less an economics book than a mirror held up to modern society — and it still makes that reflection squirm.