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[quote=jsteele]Harris' father was a professor who wrote about communist economics. His own economic beliefs draw heavily on Marxist concepts, but not necessarily communist ideas. He seems to agree with Marx's ideas about capital. But, as far as I am aware, he doesn't address concepts such as dialectical materialism or other Marxist political beliefs.

If you look into his writings, there is nothing that revolutionary about them. Like many economists, he does not believe that the free market, left to itself, will result in satisfactory outcomes. Therefore, he supports government intervention. His Marxist ideas are evident due to his emphasis that this intervention should be aimed toward economic equality. It is always dangerous when academic writings which are normally full of nuance and qualifications are reduced to a political one-liner. So, the answer to your question, strictly speaking, is that Harris' father was a scholar of communist and Marxist economics, there was nothing secret about it, but that there is no evidence that he is "communist" or "Marxist" as those terms are commonly understood in America.
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