Show Notes
The Kevin McMahon Memorial Lecture
US radical political economist, David M. Kotz, spoke on the occasion of the centenary of the Russian Revolution. David is Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Distinguished Professor of Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
He is the author of Russia's Path from Gorbachev to Putin: The Demise of the Soviet System and the New Russia (2007), and The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Capitalism (2015).
A short book entitled, Organiser: Aspects of the life and work of Kevin McMahon, edited by Scott Millar and Cian McMahon is available in Liberty Hall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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