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President Trump’s plans to build a wall is only the latest in a long line of attempts to close the U.S.-Mexico border. But originally, these attempts were never meant to fence out Mexicans. Instead, they targeted a completely different group of immigrants.

150 years after the publication of his most important book, Capital, Karl Marx’s works are still worth reading – but we shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that today’s economic realities are proving Marx right once and for all.