Marx turned on his head?

Piketty, ideology, and property

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  • Oliver Schlaudt Philosophisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v50i199.1876

Keywords:

property, ideology, Historical Materialism, Piketty, Marx, Krugman

Abstract

Against some current criticism I show that Piketty does not »turn Marx on his head«, at least not necessarily. Piketty's critique of the ideology of property, his focus on the institutional embedding of the economy, and some approaches to a theory of imperialism offer insights that are also relevant to a critical approach in economics.

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Published

2020-06-02

How to Cite

Schlaudt, O. (2020). Marx turned on his head? Piketty, ideology, and property. PROKLA. Journal of Critical Social Science, 50(199), 319–324. https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v50i199.1876

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