rgingMarxto'"•pletionandpublicationofyourEconomics''.1ByAprilMarxwrote:IamsofaradvancedthatinfiveweeksIwillbethroughwiththewholeeconomicshit.Andthatdone,IwillworkovermyEconomicsathomeandthrowmyselfintoanotherscienceintheMuseum.Iambeginningtobetiredofit.Basically,thissciencehadmadenofurtherprogresssinceA.SmithandD.Ricardo,howevermuchhasbeendoneinindividual,oftenverysubtle,researches.2ThebookwaseagerlyawaitedbyMarx'sfriends.InMayLassallewrote:IhaveheardthatyourEconomicswillatlastseethelightofday...Iamburningtocontemplateonmydeskthegiantthree-volumeworkoftheRicardoturnedsocialistandHegelturnedeconomist.3Engels,however,whoknewhisfriendwell,declaredthat...aslongasyoustillhaveunreadabookthatyouthinkimportant,youdonotgetdowntowriting.41MEWXXVII171.*Ibid.228.3LassalletoMarx,12May1861.«MEWxxvn233f.