The Global Crisis of Capitalism
Paul M. Sweezy
Friday, 02 Feb 1979 at 8:00 pm – Gallery, Memorial Union
Paul Sweezy is one of the nation's most distinguished Marxist economists. He was educated at Exeter, harvard, and London School of Economic. He worked for various New Deal agencies and during World War II, he served with the Office of strategic Services. In 1949, he co-founded Monthly Review, has been credited with keeping socialist thought alive in the United States through such trying times as the McCarthy period.Part of the National Affairs Series: America's Economic System - Is It Obsolete?.
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