Not the usual first paragraph in a New Republic article: One of the most important lessons of Karl Marx's Capital is that capitalism is not a self-regulating mechanism (with which the government interferes at its own peril), but a set of government-enforced social relations that structure the production and distribution of wealth. These relationships--depicted in Economics 101 textbooks as "natural" rather than "man-made"--are largely invisible except in times of economic crisis, when they can become key factors in shaping the government's response.
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