--- description: Christopher Marquis is a professor at the University of Cambridge and the author of The Profiteers and Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Christopher Marquis ## Christopher Marquis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Christopher Marquis is a professor at the University of Cambridge and the author of [_The Profiteers_](https://www.amazon.com/Profiteers-Business-Privatizes-Profits-Socializes/dp/1541703529)and[_Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise._](https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300263381/mao-and-markets/) ## Christopher Marquis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  May 30, 2026 ### [Replace or Reshape: How AI Could Change the Way We Work](https://time.com/article/2026/05/30/replace-reshape-how-ai-could-change-the-way-we-work/) Predictions of mass unemployment miss a deeper concern: new technologies often expand control over w... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 18, 2026 ### [Tax the Rich. They’re Not Going Anywhere](https://time.com/7377597/tax-the-rich-millionaires-wont-flee/) Christopher Marquis and Nick Romeo expose the fallacies behind the millionaire-exodus panic. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 14, 2022 ### [What Xi Jinping Draws From Mao's Legacy](https://time.com/6222018/xi-jinping-maos-legacy-china/) As Xi Jinping strengthens his grip on China, it is likely that he will redouble his Maoist focus. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/christopher-marquis/","name":"Christopher Marquis"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/christopher-marquis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/christopher-marquis/"},"name":"Christopher Marquis","jobTitle":"","description":"Christopher Marquis is a professor at the University of Cambridge and the author of The Profiteers and Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise.","url":"https://time.com/author/christopher-marquis/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```