Introductory

The Capitalist Class is the second one of the Kautsky Pamphlets. The first of the series is The Working Class, the third The Class Struggle, and the fourth The Socialist Republic. For information relative to the origin of the pamphlets, their scope, meaning of terms used, and suggestions for more extensive research, the reader is referred to the preface to The Working Class. The foot-notes in that pamphlet will also be of aid in getting a firm grasp of the facts brought forward in The Capitalist Class.