Overview of academic criticism of the school of political economy
This article is about criticism of Marxism, a branch of socialism. For criticism of socialism in general, see Criticism of socialism. For criticism of the actions of communist states, which are sovereign states governed by communist parties, usually Marxist–Leninist or some national variation thereof, see Criticism of communist party rule.
The Gulag Archipelago is a series by Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It is highly regarded by academics as one of the greatest critiques of Marxism ever written. It documents forced penal labour in the Gulag prison system and political repression in the Soviet Union.
Criticism of Marxism (also known as Anti-Marxism) has come from various political ideologies, campaigns and academic disciplines. This includes general intellectual criticism about dogmatism, a lack of internal consistency, criticism related to materialism (both philosophical and historical), arguments that Marxism is a type of historical determinism or that it necessitates a suppression of individual rights, issues with the implementation of communism and economic issues such as the distortion or absence of price signals and reduced incentives. In addition, empirical and epistemological problems are frequently identified.[1][2][3][4]
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