Rudolf Hilferding was a prominent figure in the early 20th-century Marxist movement and is best known for his contributions to Marxist economic theory. Born in 1877 in a Jewish family in Vienna, he became involved in socialist politics at a young age. Hilferding's most significant work, "Finance Capital," published in 1910, explored the relationship between finance and industrial capital, linking the emergence of monopolies with imperialism. This work influenced later Marxist theorists and remains...