James Laxer

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James Robert Laxer, also known as Jim Laxer, was a Canadian political economist, historian, public intellectual, and political activist who served as a professor at York University. Best known as co-founder of the Waffle, on whose behalf he ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party in 1971, he was the author of more than two dozen books, mostly on Canadian political economy and history.

  • Acting
  • Born 22 December 1941
  • Died 23 February 2018 (age 76)
  • Montreal, Québec, Canada
  • 6 credits

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Most-watched James Laxer films currently: At the Crossroads (1987), In Bed with an Elephant (1987), The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture (1987), Riding the Tornado (1986), Shift Change (1986).

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Selected TV credits: Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada (1987).

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