2min chapter

Lex Fridman Podcast cover image

#295 – Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism

Lex Fridman Podcast

CHAPTER

Is Karl Marx Dismissive?

Most of my adult life I have taught Marxian economics. In those 20 semesters, 19 of them never mentioned a word about Marxism. That is, no critique of capitalism was offered to me ever with one except one professor in Stanford who gave me plenty to read. So that's really interesting. He came up only as an object of dismissal. It makes you a very interesting figure to hold your ground intellectually through this idea space where just people don't really even talk about it.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode