| Through the criticism of Adam Smith’s view of wealth,Karl Marx gradually formed his thoughts of wealth.We can understand the phenomenon of wealth and the concept of wealth in today’s society through Marx’s wealth thought,and guide people to recognize wealth and pursue wealth.This article explores Marx’s criticism of Smith’s view of wealth about three parts.Firstly,we illustrate Marx’s criticism of the error of the intrinsic nature of Smith’s wealth from three respects.At first,Smith’s contradiction about the meaning of wealth is full of contradictions;Then,various labor standards lead to Smith’s misunderstanding of commodity value;Furthermore,Smith confused value creation with wealth creation.Secondly,we analyze how Marx criticized Smith for turning the labor essence of wealth creation into capital.Focusing on the factors of wealth production with capital proliferation as the core,Marx exposed the falsehood of Smith’s association between capital and wealth.Around the irrational expression of capitalist wealth production,wealth subjects and capitalists are opposed to each other in real society,and Marx thoroughly reveals that Smith tried to cover up the essence of labor exploitation by using the "trinity" theory.Thirdly,we explore how Marx pointed out the one-sidedness of Smith’s way of realizing wealth.Marx punctured Smith’s lies about the way to achieve wealth from three aspects:division of labor,capital accumulation,and labor classification.After revealing Smith’s misunderstanding,Marx pointed out that labor is the decisive force for the realization of wealth.Finally,we explain the contemporary significance of Marx’s wealth thoughts by combining Marx’s criticism of Smith’s wealth view.According to Marx’s wealth thought,we can adhere to the scientific wealth research methods and stand,overcome the wrong ideas related to wealth,enrich the spiritual content of wealth,establish the view of creating wealth through labor,constantly improve the fair distribution of wealth,and realize the people-oriented concept of wealth consumption. |
