Harpo Marx Harpo Marx Arthur "Harpo" Marx (born Adolph Marx; November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, and musician, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho Marx and Chico Marx, Harpo's comic style was visual, being an example of both clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish blonde wig, and never spoke during performances (he blew a horn or whistled to communicate). He frequently used props such as a horn cane, made up of a lead pipe, tape, and a bulbhorn, and
Marx after Sraffa after Sraffa" as another critique of Marx's "Capital", and accused Steedman of misunderstandings of Marx similar to those made by Paul Sweezy in his "The Theory of Capitalist Development" (1942). Marx after Sraffa Marx after Sraffa is a 1977 book about Marxist economics by the economist Ian Steedman, in which the author argues against the labor theory of value. Steedman has been criticized for alleged misunderstandings of Karl Marx. The economist Heinz D. Kurz reviewed "Marx after Sraffa" in "Kyklos". The political scientist David McLellan wrote in the 1995 edition of his "" that Steedman's reading of Marx has been