Harold Joseph Laski (June 30, 1893, Manchester, England - March 24, 1950, London, England) was an English political scientist, economist, author, and lecturer, and served as the 1945-1946 chairman of the Labour Party. A graduate of Oxford, he was a member of the executive committee of the Fabian Society, and served as a professor at the London School of Economics and at the University of London. Some of his more famous books include Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time and The American Democracy. He was active on the American university lecture circuit, as well.

Selected Bibliography

• Studies in the Problem of Sovereignty, 1917
• Authority in the Modern State, 1919, ISBN 1584772751
• Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham, 1920
• Karl Marx, 1921
• Communism, 1927
• Democracy in Crisis, 1933
• The American Presidency, 1940
• Faith, Reason, and Civilisation, 1944
• The American Democracy, 1948
• Liberty in the Modern State, 1948