Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 3
All in capitalism
Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 2
Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 1
Fields of study in modern universities are results of history, as well as the job opportunities in the broader economy. How might a leftist university’s research areas and majors reflect leftist interests in what is socially valuable, rather than the capitalist interests in profit and market stability?
Rosa Luxemburg’s analysis of crises from chapter 2 of ‘Reform or Revolution’, similarities to the 2008 crisis, and general comments on characteristically Marxist methods of analyzing the economy.
In Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence, G.A. Cohen quotes Marx from his Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859) in one of the most useful epigraphs I’ve ever encountered. A full reproduction of the passage, and some small discussion.
Three Points About Socialism-As-I-Understand-It
From a conversation with friends
Game Theory, the Military Industrial Complex, & Privatization of Public Goods
Notes & Reflections on Analyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior, and Institutions (2nd Ed.) by Kenneth A. Shepsle, Chapters 9 and 10 on ‘Collective Action’ and ‘Public Goods’.
Why are public goods and services so tied up with private contractors and private money? Some game theory…
Asymmetries of Information: Intellectual Property & Social Capital
When we discuss inequality and injustice in our modern economy, should we put less emphasis on the asymmetries of ownership of physical means of production, and more emphasis on the unequal possession of knowledge and information?
I discuss ‘monopolies founded on intellectual property’ and ‘the economic role of universities to produce social capital’.
Notes & Reflections on "Does Human Nature Make Socialism Impossible?" with Adaner Usmani
THE Second IN A SERIES RESPONDING TO THE FOUR ONLINE 'ABCS OF SOCIALISM’ LECTURES.
I SUMMARIZE AND RESPOND TO Adaner Usmani’s ARGUMENT about how leftists should consider the role of human nature in society.
Notes & Reflections on “Why Do Socialists Talk So Much About Workers?” with Vivek Chibber
The first in a series responding to the four online 'ABCs of Socialism' lectures.
I summarize and respond to Vivek Chibber's argument that Leftists need to refocus on the working class as a righteous and practical issue.