Marchewka, Kamilla2013-03-142013-03-142000Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny 62, 2000, z. 3, s. 105-1200035-9629http://hdl.handle.net/10593/5283The history of capital theory has been of continuous debate. Many economists have tried to give any specific simple interpretation of capital and many of them failed. In literature we can find also a lot o f explanations of other definitions connected directly with the term o f capital - created sometimes in specific situations as particular theory. Keeping in mind the sentence written in 1975 by C. J. Bliss that „when economists reach agreement on the theory of capital they will shortly reach agreement on everything”, in this article the Author doesn’t want to estimate or find the best interpretation of capital. She would rather like to present three main trends (directions) which we can find studying historic and more contemporary economic literature.plArtykuł