Bob Rowthorn Interview

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Alan Macfarlane interviews Bob Rowthorn in the video below. Rowthorn had early connections with Cambridge Post Keynesianism, and was then influenced by Marxism from the 1960s and 1970s. Although he is sometimes classified as a Marxist, he now counts himself as an ex-Marxist, and not left-wing but communitarian. Nevertheless, his credentials as a heterodox economist are not in doubt.[embedded content]Towards the end of the interview, Rowthorn turns to social and political issues. He sees an important social crisis in the West in the collapse of the stable family unit from 1.20.10, and points out that, by and large, the old-style left (especially communist, working class left) was conservative on family social issues. Rowthorn sees the collapse of both trade unions (and the resulting political and economic effects) and the stable family unit as two very severe problems in the West.And, surprise, surprise, he is not keen on mass immigration either. See also here: Rowthorn, Robert. 2015. “The Costs and Benefits of Large-Scale Immigration: Exploring the Economic and Demographic Consequences for the UK,” Civitas, December http://www.civitas.org.

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