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<p dir="ltr">Republican politicians like to use the term ‘Marxist’ to criticize Democrats. Lately, they’ve dubbed New York City mayoral candidate a ‘Marxist’ despite him identifying himself as a democratic socialist. Today on the show, we dig into what ‘Marxism, as an economic term,’ actually means.<p dir="ltr"><strong>Related episodes: <br></strong><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/03/26/981686254/socialism-101"target="_blank" >Socialism 101</a><br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/02/03/802417653/even-the-facts-are-polarized"target="_blank" >Even the facts are polarized</a><p dir="ltr">For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>. Fact-checking by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez"target="_blank" >Sierra Juarez</a>. Music by <a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/"target="_blank" >Drop Electric</a>. Find us: <a h...