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Over-rating Marx

26 May 2018

9:00 AM

26 May 2018

9:00 AM

Was Karl Max over-rated as a thinker? It was hard not to ask that (provocative) question as I read the torrent of articles marking 200 years since his birth. Of course, we would expect die-hard Marxians to sing his praises. But I’ve been surprised to see some otherwise sensible people, including Henry Ergas, trumpeting Marx’s intellectual legacy.

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