From a set of individual theories and concepts of the previous period, Marx transformed political economy, which is largely determined by the political activity of people, into a holistic science with a unified systemic approach and a global project that gave birth to the Soviet Union and then the world system of socialism. Economics has become an ideological counterweight to political economy. The key question - the future of economic formation - today, 130 years after the creation of Marx's works, in the era of global markets, is even more relevant than before. As one of the major modern philosophers, Terry Eagleton provides an in-depth analysis of Marx's works, relying on accurate citation and modern economic reality, destroying the myths and ideologies generated by both capitalist and socialist answers to the question: what to do next.