The Soviet Bodycount Has Not Stopped Marx on Campus

From the late 1980s til 2000, Marx's Das Kapital averaged about 500 citations per year in scholarly publications.

Over the last decade, it has not dipped below 5,000.

The explosion of academic Marxism is one of the most significant stories in higher ed in the past 30 years. https://t.co/ZJo1g4SVt5

— Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) May 21, 2026