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