“Even within Marx’s own lifetime the average Englishman became three times richer. Capitalism has given us higher incomes and shorter working hours – one of Marx’s key aims.”

“It’s true that Marx was a great intellect, saw things in capitalism that others did not (most notably its phenomenal productive potential), and started lines of academic inquiry that remain influential and in some cases even deserve to be. Nonetheless, let’s be clear: From the outset, violence and totalitarianism were hard-wired into Marxism as a political project.”

“Marx’s critique of capital is based on a philosophic perspective that could be considered radically humanist. It’s not simply a critique of alienation but a critique based on the reality of human life eaten up by the fetish of capital accumulation.”