- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 22, 1941
- Place of Birth
- Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Died
- February 23, 2018
James Laxer
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.
Filmography
At the Crossroads
movieAt the Crossroads
1987 · Host, Script
movieIn Bed with an Elephant
1987 · Host, Writer
tvReckoning: The Political Economy of Canada
1987 · Self - Presenter
The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture
movieThe Rise and Fall of American Business Culture
1987 · Host
movieShift Change
1986 · Host
movieRiding the Tornado
1986 · Host