List of Marxian economists

This is an alphabetical list of notable Marxian economists, that is, experts in the social science of economics that follow and develop Marxian economic theory. The list also includes some economic sociologists who have written from a Marxian perspective.

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List of Marxian economists

Name	Place of birth	Place of death	Nationality	Life
Michel Aglietta	Chambéry, France	Paris, France	French	1938–2025
Jack Amariglio	United States	–	American	1951–
Samir Amin	Cairo, Egypt	Paris, France	Egyptian-French	1931–2018
Giovanni Arrighi	Milan, Italy	Baltimore, United States	Italian	1937–2009
Hans-Georg Backhaus	Germany	–	German	1929–
Paul A. Baran	Mykolaiv, Russian Empire	Palo Alto, United States	American	1909–1964
Walden Bello	Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines		Philippine	1945–
Charles Bettelheim	Paris, France	Paris, France	French	1913–2006
Thomas Bottomore	United Kingdom	Sussex, United Kingdom	British	1920–1992
Samuel Bowles	New Haven, United States	–	American	1939–
Martin Bronfenbrenner	Pittsburgh, United States	Durham, United States	American	1914–1997
Nikolai Bukharin	Moscow, Russian Empire	Kommunarka shooting ground, Soviet Union	Soviet	1888–1938
Paul Cockshott	Edinburgh, Scotland	–	Scottish-British	1952–
Maurice Dobb	London, United Kingdom	Unknown	British	1900–1976
Gérard Duménil		–	French	1942–
Jon Elster	Oslo, Norway	–	Norwegian	1940–
Arghiri Emmanuel	Patras, Greece	Paris, France	Greek-French	1911–2001
Ben Fine	United Kingdom	–	British	1948–
Duncan K. Foley	Columbus, United States	–	American	1942–
John Bellamy Foster	Seattle, United States	–	American	1953–
Andre Gunder Frank	Berlin, Germany	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	German-American	1929–2005
Herbert Gintis	Philadelphia, United States	Northampton, Massachusetts	American	1940–2023
Andrew Glyn	Tetsworth, United Kingdom	Oxford, United Kingdom	British	1943–2007
David Gordon	Washington, D.C., United States	United States	American	1944–1996
David Harvey	Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom	–	British	1935–
Rudolf Hilferding	Vienna, Austria	Paris, France	Austrian	1887–1941
Branko Horvat	Petrinja, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Zagreb, Croatia	Yugoslav	1928–2003
Michael Hudson	Chicago, United States	–	American	1939–
Makoto Itoh	Tokyo, Japan	–	Japanese	1936–2023
Leif Johansen	Eidsvoll, Norway	Norway	Norwegian	1930–1982
Michał Kalecki	Łódź, Congress Poland	Warsaw, Polish People's Republic	Polish	1899–1970
Leonid Kantorovich	Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire	Moscow, Soviet Union	Soviet	1912–1986
Edvard Kardelj	Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary	Ljubljana, Yugoslavia	Yugoslav	1910–1979
Karl Kautsky	Prague, Austrian Empire	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Czech-Austrian	1854–1938
John Keracher	Dundee, United Kingdom	United States	American	1880–1958
Andrew Kliman	United States	–	American	1955–
David Laibman	United States	–	American	1942–
Oskar R. Lange	Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Congress Poland	London, United Kingdom	Polish	1904–1965
Vladimir Lenin	Simbirsk, Russian Empire	Gorki, Soviet Union	Soviet	1870–1924
Alain Lipietz	Charenton-le-Pont, France	–	French	1947–
Frédéric Lordon	France	–	French	1962–
Adolph Lowe	Stuttgart, Germany	Wolfenbüttel, Germany	German	1893–1995
Rosa Luxemburg	Zamość, Russian Empire	Berlin, Germany	Polish	1871–1919
John Maclean	Pollokshaws, United Kingdom	Glasgow, United Kingdom	British	1879–1923
Yahya M. Madra	Istanbul, Turkey	–	American	1973-
Harry Magdoff	Bronx, United States	Burlington, United States	American	1913–2006
Ernest Mandel	Frankfurt, Germany	Brussels, Belgium	German	1923–1995
Ronald L. Meek	Wellington, New Zealand	United Kingdom	New Zealander	1917–1978
Michio Morishima	Osaka Prefecture, Japan	United Kingdom	Japanese	1923–2004
Xue Muqiao	Wuxi, China	Beijing, China	Chinese	1904–2005
Nobuo Okishio	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Japan	Japan	Japanese	1927–2003
Konstantin Ostrovityanov	Tambov, Russian Empire	Moscow, Soviet Union	Soviet	1892–1969
Prabhat Patnaik	Jatni, India	–	Indian	1945–
Utsa Patnaik	Cuttack, India	–	Indian	1945–
Michael J. Piore	United States	–	American	1940–
Raúl Prebisch	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina	Santiago, Chile	Argentine	1901–1986
Helmut Reichelt	Borås, Sweden	–	German	1939–
Stephen Resnick	United States	United States	American	1938–2013
John Roemer	Washington D.C., United States	–	American	1945–
Robert Rowthorn	Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom	–	British	1939–
Isaak Illich Rubin	Dinaburg, Latvia	Aktobe, Kazakhstan	Soviet	1886–1937
Alfredo Saad-Filho	Brazil	–	Brazilian	1964–
Thomas T. Sekine	Japan	–	Japanese	1933–2022
Anwar Shaikh	Karachi, British Raj	–	American	1945–
Piero Sraffa	Turin, Italy	Cambridge, United Kingdom	Italian	1898–1983
Josef Steindl	Vienna, Austria-Hungary	Vienna, Austria	Austrian	1912–1993
Stanislav Strumilin	Dashkovtsy, Russian Empire	Moscow, Soviet Union	Soviet	1877–1974
Paul Sweezy	New York City, United States	United States	American	1910–2004
Shigeto Tsuru	Nagoya, Japan	Japan	Japanese	1912–2006
Kozo Uno	Kurashiki, Japan	Kugenuma, Japan	Japanese	1897–1977
Yanis Varoufakis	Athens, Greece	–	Greek	1961–
Immanuel Wallerstein	New York City, United States	Branford, Connecticut, United States	American	1930–2019
Richard D. Wolff	Youngstown, United States	–	American	1942–
Maria da Conceição Tavares [1]	Anadia, Portugal	Nova Friburgo, Brazil	Portuguese-Brazilian	1930-2024

See also

• List of contributors to Marxist theory
• Socialist economics
• Communism
• Socialism

References

1. "Maria da Conceição Tavares: Eu não desisto deste país | Entrevista Margem Esquerda". Blog da Boitempo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.