

James Livingston
Historian and professor emeritus at Rutgers University, author of No More Work: Why Full Employment Is a Bad Idea, known for work on labor, political economy, and cultural critique.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 1h 26min
I Get Schooled on Marx
James Livingston, historian and Rutgers professor emeritus who writes on labor and political economy, and Andrew Hartman, Illinois State historian specializing in Marxist thought. They discuss why Marx still draws scholars, commodity fetishism and alienation, Marx’s view of labor and freedom, how Marx informs critiques of capitalism, and the challenges of translating those ideas into practical politics.


