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Karl Marx

Palo Alto, Marxian nightmare

Harris seems to acknowledge that some developments that have taken place under capitalism, such as FDR's New Deal, are actually better than others

Palo Alto, Marxian nightmare
Updated On : 19 Feb 2023 | 11:10 PM IST

Xi Jinping swears by Marxism to make China first modern socialist country

Poised for record third five-year term and perhaps for life, Chinese President Xi Jinping's high-voltage Marxist rhetoric on Sunday with a vow to make China a modern socialist country has raised hackles at home and abroad that the Communist giant, which for decades relegated the ideology to the background, could be taking the turn to the extreme left. "From this day forward, the central task of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will be to lead the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in a concerted effort to realise the Second Centenary Goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects and to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernisation," Xi said in his marathon speech at the key Congress of the party on Sunday. "Only by taking root in the rich historical and cultural soil of the country and the nation the truth of Marxism flourish here," he told the over 2,300 delegates of the week-long 20th Congress,

Xi Jinping swears by Marxism to make China first modern socialist country
Updated On : 18 Oct 2022 | 4:58 PM IST

Why social scientists must include technological change in their analyses

The consequences of the failure to explicitly account for technological change for social and economic policy are there for all to see. Everyone gets mostly everything wrong most of the time.

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Updated On : 31 Dec 2021 | 12:27 PM IST

Edward Said: An 'intellectual' biography

Book review of Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said

Edward Said: An 'intellectual' biography
Updated On : 28 Mar 2021 | 11:51 PM IST

Mamata vs Suvendu: West Bengal prepares for battle royale in Nandigram

Banerjee's stronghold is the 71,000 minority votes. So the task is to cut into the remaining that the BJP is hoping to get a fair share of

Mamata vs Suvendu: West Bengal prepares for battle royale in Nandigram
Updated On : 12 Mar 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

Learning from Jolly

As a Kashmiri who made Bengal his field of action, Jolly Mohan Kaul represented the Indian synthesis at its best

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Updated On : 03 Jul 2020 | 8:57 PM IST

Remembering Karl Marx: Of obituaries, epitaphs and sundry mix-ups

In its time, Marx's life hardly looked like the watershed in the history of the modern world it has proved to be since his death, writes Anjan Basu

Remembering Karl Marx: Of obituaries, epitaphs and sundry mix-ups
Updated On : 14 Mar 2020 | 9:16 PM IST

A question of answers

Book review of All the Wrong Turns: Perspectives on the Indian Economy

A question of answers
Updated On : 12 Mar 2020 | 11:44 PM IST

Marx for our times

In the first three industrial revolutions, capitalism not only survived but also thrived. But has it finally exhausted its potential?

Marx for our times
Updated On : 17 May 2018 | 5:55 AM IST

Happy Birthday, Karl

Though wrong on many counts, Marx continues to be relevant

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Updated On : 10 May 2018 | 6:27 AM IST