Ep. 254 Karl Marx Was Kind of a Big Deal: A Response to Magness and Makovi
Bob Murphy Show
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The Mainstreaming of Marx
The main reason we even know about him today is that the Soviet Revolution put him on the map and elevated him into academic prominence. He was infrequently cited in largely unknown outside of radical labor activism prior to 1917. With the Soviet takeover of Russia, Marx's stature quickly rose. His economic theory subsequently entered the academic mainstream as they began to reshape other non-economic disciplines.
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