James Laxer (1941–2018)
Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.
Born 1941 · died 2018
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.
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Where the papers are held
The surviving papers of James Laxer (1941–2018) are held at Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections.
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