Primitive Accumulation and Imperialism
October 1, 2013
To mark the centenary this year of the birth of Harry Magdoff, born August 21, 1913, Monthly Review is publishing the following talk found in his papers, and originally entitled… READ MORE
Article Author: Harry Magdoff
Capitalism and the Fallacy of Crude Underconsumptionism
January 1, 2013
As indicated in Jan Toporowski’s article in this issue, the question of “underconsumptionism” is a tangled one—due not only to the commonplace fallacy associated with what is known as “crude… READ MORE
Financial Instability: Where Will It All End?
April 1, 2010
This was the foreword to the Japanese edition of Harry Magdoff and Paul M. Sweezy’s The Deepening Crisis of U.S. Capitalism (original English-language edition, 1981). It was published under the above… READ MORE
The Meaning of Work: A Marxist Perspective
October 1, 2006
This is a reconstruction from notes of a talk given at the Third North American Christian–Marxist Dialogue held in May 1982 at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. At the… READ MORE
Four Letters on Capitalism and Socialism
October 1, 2006
Even when Harry Magdoff was writing articles less often in his final years, he continued to compose letters that displayed his keen interest in world developments, the evolution of his… READ MORE
Harry Magdoff, August 21, 1913-January 1, 2006
February 1, 2006
Harry Magdoff, coeditor of Monthly Review since 1969, socialist, and one of the world’s leading economic analysts of capitalism and imperialism, died in his home in Burlington, Vermont on January… READ MORE
Approaching Socialism
July 1, 2005
Harry Magdoff is an editor of Monthly Review. Fred Magdoff is professor of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont in Burlington. He is author of numerous scientific… READ MORE
Farewell, Comrade Paul
October 1, 2004
This eulogy was read by Robert W. McChesney at a memorial meeting for Paul M. Sweezy on April 17, 2004, in New York City. � —The Editors � � If… READ MORE
Encounters with Che
September 1, 2004
� We think the following letter, written to the daughter of long-time friends, will be of interest to our readers. � —The Editors � � Dear Camila, � I hope… READ MORE