Comments on: Karl Marx – Economist or Revolutionary?

By: CG tutorial

CG tutorial — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:21:23 +0000

Marxist theory is “hard to understand” because it is counter-intuitive within the context of capitalist ideology which we have all grown up with. It does not follow simple “common sense”, i.e., capitalist ideology.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:28:09 +0000

I always find any discussion about Karl Marx and Communism very interesting.

Many people in their teen’s and early twenties seem very keen on communist ideology and practices. This is especially pronounced during their time at university I noticed.

Then when people go and work for 40+ hours a week, have children and get a mortgage, they suddently become far less enthuiastic about communist ideals. Why?

Because they have become a part of the establishment, that capitalist society that they so dispise and they now have alot more to lose. They’re not that keen for anything to change and lose enthusiasm for their unimpeachable ideals.

I think Communism is a wonderful theory but it is ultimately worthless due to the imperfections of man.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:59:05 +0000

Very interesting thoughts and response especially the bit about Keynes and the response to the ongoing international crisis.
Whatever you think about Marx there is one thing for sure, he was right: The fundemental internal contradictions of Capitalism in its pure form will end up destroying it.

By: rosy marshal

rosy marshal — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:36:19 +0000

I don’t see much evidence that marxist stuff has gotten more popular in universities in the past decade. If anything it is far less, and we’re more often confronted with professors who have internalized Ayn Rand or Murray Rothbard or Ludwig Von Misus’s right-wing economic views, where total trust is placed in the hands of business people and their manufactured “Free market” (even Adam Smith warned people of the limits of the market, something the conservative economists want us to ignore or forget.)

By: Amrita

Amrita — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:19:19 +0000

Karl Marx – The father of communism. He followed in his father’s footsteps and studied law. I have read this somewhere that Marx and his family got financial support from Friedrich Engels.

By: Vince Samios

Vince Samios — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:22:11 +0000

Can a true revolutionary be anything less then an economist – be it social or financial?

The imperfection of socialism, capitalism, communism, all fail on either social or financial grounds.

The discussion of Keynes is especially interesting considering the recent intervention in financial crisis.