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title: "2 Ellen Meiksins Wood Quotes - Famous Historian"
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# Ellen Meiksins Wood

(1942–2016)   Historian

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Ellen Meiksins Wood was a historian.

## Quick Facts About Ellen Meiksins Wood

Born January 1, 1942

Died January 14, 2016

Profession Historian

## About Ellen Meiksins Wood

American marxist scholar (1942–2016)... \| Ellen Meiksins Wood was an American-Canadian Marxist historian, and one of the primary developers of the Marxist tendency known as political Marxism.

##  Quotes by Ellen Meiksins Wood

> [“Capitalism is also incapable of promoting sustainable development, not because it encourages technological advances that are capable of straining the earth's resources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-meiksins-wood/capitalism-is-also-incapable-of-promoting-sustainable-development-not/)

Ellen Meiksins Wood

[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [“People acquire a right to property by giving it value - which Locke makes very clear means exchange value. This had vast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-meiksins-wood/people-acquire-a-right-to-property-by-giving-it-value-which-locke/)

Ellen Meiksins Wood

[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/ellen-meiksins-wood-99920_capitalism_people-acquire-a-right-to-property-by-gi_2226585.jpg)

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