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Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism | Lex Fridman Podcast #295

Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism | Lex Fridman Podcast #295

The guest's own work

BookBy the guest

Contending Economic Theories: Neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian

Richard Wolff (and Stephen Resnick)

“the textbook I wrote in economics in case you're ever interested was also published by the MIT press and the title of contending economic theories neoclassical Keynesian and marxian”— Richard Wolff
BookBy the guest

book on the rise and fall of the Soviet Union

Richard Wolff (and Stephen Resnick)

“I spent 10 years of my life uh with another Economist writing a book uh about that to try to explain from a Marxist position the rise and fall of the Soviet Union”— Richard Wolff

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

BookReferenced

Capital (Das Kapital)

Karl Marx

“if you read Marx's Capital the great work of his maturity three volumes there's almost nothing in there the state”— Richard Wolff
BookReferencedISBN verified

The Development of Capitalism in Russia

Vladimir Lenin

“one of Lennon's greatest books is called the economic history of Russia and he goes back centuries it's a huge book 3 or 4 inches thick”— Richard Wolff