>> Since then, it's become the dominant mode of production. Bet you hadn't
>> heard private property had been abolished!
>>
>> SA
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> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Stock_Companies_Act_1844>
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> The Joint Stock Companies Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c.110) was an Act of
> the Parliament of the United Kingdom that expanded access to the
> incorporation of joint-stock companies in the UK.
>
I'm not sure what your point is. These are laws providing for the creation of stock companies. The actual spread of stock companies to the point of dominating the economy (75% of the domestic business sector today in the US) came long after Marx was dead.
SA