December 5, 2023
Karl Marx (1818-1883) remains one of the most highly cited authors in academic literature, 140 years after his death. But when did his writing become especially prominent? During his lifetime or after? And how has his prominence trended in recent decades? Philip Magness and Michael Makovi discuss the history and offer some measurements of how
READ MORESouth Africa hooker Malcolm Marx will miss the upcoming Japanese club rugby season because of an injury that ruled him out of the World Cup, his team Kubota Spears said Monday. Marx, 29, was forced to leave the Springboks’ World Cup-winning squad after only one game in France following an injury to his knee during
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South Africa’s World Cup title defense suffered a major blow on Thursday when hooker Malcolm Marx was ruled out for the remainder of the tournament with a long-term knee injury. “Marx, who was not included in Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber’s matchday squad to face Romania in Bordeaux on Sunday, went down at training on Wednesday
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The defending champions have opted to not call up a replacement at this stage. The Springboks have suffered a major blow just two weeks into the 2023 Rugby World Cup with key hooker Malcolm Marx ruled out of the rest of the tournament. Marx suffered a knee injury in training on Wednesday that will sideline
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Lambert here: Substituting “income inequality” for class, in the very first sentence, is a pretty neat trick. Interesting nonetheless, given that the Socialist Party in Imperial Germany and after went so very, very wrong. By Charlotte Bartels, Post-doctoral researcher at German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Felix Kersting, Postdoctoral researcher in Economics at Humboldt University
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Myth 1. Marx was a well-known economic and social commentator during his lifetime. Many socialists portray Karl Marx as one of the most famous and influential thinkers of his era. They attribute this supposed fame not only to his philosophical treatises, but also to his journalism and activism in various fields in the mid-nineteenth century.th
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Karl Marx’s theories sparked a revolution in Russia in 1917. His communist ideology formed the basis of the USSR and other repressive regimes, which led to the state murder of hundreds of millions of people. Nevertheless, despite the Marxist democide of the 20th century, Marx is still one of the most popular so-called intellectual figures
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May 5 is the birthday of Karl Marx. I published a version of this post five years ago, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth. This is a very slightly updated version. ______________ Here is a characteristic piece of the writings of Karl Marx, which I came across the other day. It’s
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