Branko Milanovic — The Influence Of Karl Marx—A Counterfactual

The 2 hundredth anniversary of Karl Marx’s nascence is giving ascension to many conferences dedicated to numerous (and God knows in that place were many) aspects of Marx’s move in addition to life. (I am going to ane such conference inwards Haifa.) Add to it an fifty-fifty greater issue of reviews of his move in addition to influence (Peter Singer only published ane a distich of days ago), novel books on his life, a moving-picture present on Young Marx in addition to the listing goes on.

I volition too hold off hither at Marx’s intellectual influence—but from a rattling dissimilar angle. I volition role the counterfactual approach. I would inquire what would had been his influence had non iii remarkable events happened. Clearly, similar all counterfactuals, it is based on personal reading of history in addition to guesswork. It cannot move proven right. I am certain that others could come upwardly alongside dissimilar counterfactuals—perhaps meliorate than mine.…

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The influence of Karl Marx—a counterfactual
Branko Milanovic | Visiting Presidential Professor at City University of New York Graduate Center in addition to senior scholar at the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), in addition to formerly Pb economist inwards the World Bank's query division in addition to senior associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace