The first volume of Marx's Capital, published 150 years ago, continues to entice readers eager to grapple with the author's account of the"laws of motion" of capitalism.

Yet for many, it can seem a forbidding work. This book, aimed at both individual readers and reading groups, takes each chapter of the first volume of Capital in turn, leading the reader through Marx's key arguments and offering insights and contemporary examples that can provide further illumination.

"Marx hoped that he would gain a readership among a working class audience. There have been a few past attempts at producing guides for readers to promote that objective : Choonara's is by far the best' Michael Roberts, author of the Long Depression