▁it , ▁it ▁is ▁un mask ed . ▁Yet , ▁as ▁Marx ▁notes , ▁" in ▁the ▁analysis ▁of ▁economic ▁forms ▁neither ▁micro scop es ▁nor ▁chemical ▁re ag ents ▁are ▁of ▁assistance . ▁The ▁power ▁of ▁abstra ction ▁must ▁replace ▁both ." ▁ ▁Econom ic ▁analysis ▁not ▁only ▁studies ▁the ▁total ▁social ▁effect ▁of ▁human ▁actions , ▁which ▁is ▁usually ▁not ▁directly ▁observable ▁to ▁an ▁individual , ▁other ▁than ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁statistics ▁or ▁television . ▁The ▁" e conom ic ▁actors " ▁are ▁also ▁human ▁be ings ▁who ▁create ▁interactions ▁and ▁relationships ▁which ▁have ▁human ▁mean ings . ▁Those ▁mean ings ▁cannot ▁be ▁observed ▁directly , ▁they ▁are ▁in ▁people ' s ▁heads , ▁act ively ▁created ▁in ▁their ▁social ▁relationships , ▁and ▁expressed ▁symbol ically . ▁ ▁Col lapse ▁Capital ism ▁un mask s ▁itself ▁in ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁development , ▁when ▁its ▁internal ▁contradict ions ▁become ▁so ▁great , ▁that ▁they ▁cause ▁collapse ▁– ▁imp elling ▁the ▁revolution ary ▁transformation ▁of ▁capital ism ▁by ▁human ▁action ▁into ▁a ▁new ▁social ▁order , ▁amid st ▁all ▁the ▁political ▁conflicts ▁and ▁class ▁strugg les . ▁In ▁trying ▁to ▁get ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁relations ▁they ▁have ▁created , ▁human ▁be ings ▁are ▁themselves ▁transformed . ▁Scient ific ▁inqu iry , ▁Marx ▁felt , ▁should ▁be ▁an ▁aid ▁in ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁human ▁progress , ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁social ▁order ▁emer ging ▁will ▁be ▁a ▁real ▁open ▁society . ▁Human ▁progress ▁is ▁achieved , ▁to ▁the ▁degree ▁that ▁people