Friedrich Engels, Foucault on Chicago Economics and the social demand for criminality.

It is fair to say that Friedrich Engels’ (1843/44) “Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy” ([Umrisse zu einer Kritik der Nationalökonomie]: hereafter Umrisse) is close to the Stunde Null of Marxism. We know that Marx really admired the piece. The relatively short essay anticipates many themes that are developed with much greater sophistication in …