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Marx

 (märks)
Family of American comedians, including the brothers Leonard (1887-1961), known as "Chico"; Arthur (1888-1964), known as "Harpo"; Julius (1890-1977), known as "Groucho"; Milton (1892-1977), known as "Gummo"; and Herbert (1901-1979), known as "Zeppo." Some of their many popular Broadway shows were made into movies, including Horse Feathers (1932) and Duck Soup (1933).
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Marx

(mɑːks)
n
(Biography) Karl (karl). 1818–83, German founder of modern communism, in England from 1849. With Engels, he wrote The Communist Manifesto (1848). He developed his theories of the class struggle and the economics of capitalism in Das Kapital (1867; 1885; 1895). He was one of the founders of the International Workingmen's Association (First International) (1864)
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Marx

(mɑrks)

n.
Karl (Heinrich), 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
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Noun1.Marx - United States comedianMarx - United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979)
Marx Brothers - a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor
2.Marx - United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964)
Marx Brothers - a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor
3.Marx - United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961)
Marx Brothers - a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor
4.Marx - United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977)
Marx Brothers - a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor
5.Marx - founder of modern communismMarx - founder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883)
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It was the first time I had ever heard Karl Marx's* doctrine of surplus value elaborated, and Ernest had done it so simply that I, too, sat puzzled and dumbfounded.
It seems incredible to us that whole generations should have elapsed after the enunciation of Marx's economic discoveries, in which time he was sneered at by the world's accepted thinkers and scholars.
All due honor, therefore, to the ingenuity with which you have filled the hiatus, and shown the state of affairs between us by a discourse on " surplus value," cribbed from an imperfect report of one of my public lectures, and from the pages of Karl Marx! If you were an economist I should condemn you for confusing economic with ethical considerations, and for your uncertainty as to the function which my father got his start by performing.
Hart Schaffner and Marx had not yet become rural America's tailor.
On the one shelf at the library he found Karl Marx, Ricardo, Adam Smith, and Mill, and the abstruse formulas of the one gave no clew that the ideas of another were obsolete.
The second part is devoted to the question of Marx's materialism.
2 April 2019 - California, US-based marketing communications agency Marx Group has agreed to merge with Michigan, US-based firm Eisbrenner Public Relations, and form Marx Buscemi Eisbrenner Group, LLC, the company said.
class="MsoNormalMoreover, Karl Marx is probably a nebulous, distant being out there on the borders of prehistory.
The grave of Marx, who developed the theory of international communism, was also attacked on February 4 when it was seemingly struck several times with a blunt metal instrument.
Craig Deitelzweig, president and CEO of Marx Realty said the retailer was attracted to the location and the "modern reimagining of Ely Jacques Kahn's 1930s building."
Marx Nagar is a hamlet of nearly 50 houses in Unnao district (left) of Uttar Pradesh, a state in north India Image Credit: Supplied
Marx, a CFA(r) and CFP(r), has more than 20 years of experience in banking and finance, working with both large corporations and small businesses.