Last Updated on 11/09/2024 by Arun jain
Earlier in Tuesday’s debate, former President Donald J. Trump attacked Vice President Kamala Harris by linking her to her father.
“He’s a Marxist — everybody knows he’s a Marxist,” Mr. Trump said. “Her father is a Marxist professor of economics, and he taught her well.”
Ms. Harris has repeatedly made it clear that she supports capitalism. But his father, Donald J. Harris, a famous economist who was a fleeting figure in his life, to him “Marxist Scholar.”
Marxism refers to the political, social and economic theories of Karl Marx, practiced as socialism or communism.
Dr. Harris was the first black scholar to hold tenure Stanford’s Department of Economics and a leading critic of mainstream economic theory from the left. The Stanford Daily, the university’s student newspaper, reported in 1976, stated that there was some opposition to giving him tenure because he was “distracting students from very influential, neo-classical economics.”
Received by Ms. Harris Endorsed by over 80 Chief ExecutivesSome of whom have called her “pro-business”.
Dr. Harris is still a professor emeritus at Stanford and turned 86 last month, the day after Ms. Harris spoke at the Democratic National Convention. He did not appear with her that evening, but she paid him a rare tribute in her speech, saying his encouragement had helped inspire her.
“From my early years,” Ms. Harris said, “he taught me to be fearless.”
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