Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism

2021 Hardcover Reprint of 1934 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism by Lenin describes the function of financial capital in generating profits from imperial colonialism as the final stage of capitalist development to ensure greater profits. The essay is a synthesis of Lenins modifications and developments of economic theories that Karl Marx formulated in Das Kapital. Lenins book greatly influenced the Core-Periphery model of global capitalist development as well as World-systems theory and Dependency theory.