Self-identified "erratic Marxist" Yanis Varoufakis. He absolutely and totally understands Marx and Engels' fundamental assumption (freedom and happiness) and method (engagement). Most either miss this or obscure it intentionally. Psychologist Erich Fromm got it in his Marx's Concept of Man (1961). He begins the work with a section entitled, The Falsification of Marx's Concepts, which reveals the caricature of Marx that has been created as a straw man to attack. Like the...
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Cato Institute vs Niskanen Center Libertarianism.John Quiggin's BlogWhat’s left of libertarianism?John Quiggin | Professor and an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland, and a member of the Board of the Climate Change Authority of the Australian Government
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