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Should we celebrate Karl Marx on his 200th birthday?

  • Written by Barbara Foley, Distinguished Professor of English and American Studies, Rutgers University Newark
Karl Marx Monument in Chemnitz, in eastern Germany.AP Photo/Jens Meyer

Some would argue that Karl Marx, author of “Capital,” has been proven wrong on just about everything he wrote. The founder of scientific socialism was born 200 years ago on May 5.

These naysayers would point out that Soviet socialism imploded decades ago, and that...

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