Is Marxism Relevant Today? (Duncan Foley, David Harvey and Prabhat Patnaik)


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This panel discussion features Duncan Foley, David Harvey and Prabhat Patnaik. Sanjay Reddy will moderate.



Duncan Foley is a professor of economics at the New School for Social Research. His research addresses economic dynamics & quantitative studies of human behavior.

David Harvey is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Professor Harvey's work has helped reintroduce social class and Marxist methods as serious methodological tools in the analysis of global capitalism. He has been called the most-cited academic geographer in the world.

Prabhat Patnaik is a professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he specializes in macroeconomics and political economy. He also serves as Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board.