The paper provides an interpretation of Lenin’s earliest contributions (made in 1893–1899) to the study of economic development. In the 1890s, Lenin joined young Marxist intellectuals in their fight against the Narodnik economists, who represented the approach prevalent among the Russian...

Upon assuming power for the first time in 1935, the Norwegian Labour Party delivered on its promise for a major schooling reform. The reform raised minimum instruction time in less developed rural areas and boosted the resources available to rural schools, reducing class size and increasing...

Millennials have long been portrayed as a politically disengaged and apathetic generation. In recent years, however, that portrayal has changed drastically. The rise of mass movements such as Black Lives Matter, Extinction Rebellion, the ‘Greta Thunberg movement’ and Momentum, together with...

This article tells the story of the constitutional debate that took place in 2010, as it was reported in state-owned newspapers. This analysis relies on John Gillespie’s discussion of the rule of law in Vietnam as the analytical framework, and on Mark Sidel’s work on the constitutional...

Socialism is popular in the UK – not just among students, but also among people in their 30s and 40s. This is confirmed by survey after survey. Surveys also show that support for socialism in general terms is matched by support for a broad range of individual policies that could reasonably be...

There is no singular Marxist theory of law, rights, and the state. In line with the general debates over the Marxist tradition there are many Marxist approaches. Even so, this chapter argues that in approaching the vexed question of the relationship of Marxism to law, rights, and the state, we...

Private ownership should generally be preferred to public ownership when the incentives to innovate and to contain costs must be strong. In essence, this is the case for capitalism over socialism, explaining the dynamic vitality' of free enterprise. The great economists of the 1930s and 1940s...

Would recent technological breakthroughs transform modern capitalism, and make socialism a viable alternative in the 21st century? To answer this question, I first analyze the direction of causality between innovation and institutional change on a broader scale. Many experts view major advances...