After securing funding for some expert grave-scaping, Highgate cemetery in north London is preparing some new plots, which means you could be buried next to Karl Marx. It will cost you, though: while a cremation plot is £5,000, a full grave will set you back “upwards of” £25,000.
It would be neat if Marx had some kind of theory of land value to which we could refer here, but his critique of David Ricardo’s theory of rent could apply to cemeteries only if they had potential to grow more Marxes. Suffice to say, it will probably end up costing a good deal more than £25,000. For comparison, plots in Gap Road cemetery in Merton, south-west London, start at £1,545 for a cremation and £4,525 for a burial.
