Distinctions

“Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.” — Luxemburg, 1918, The Russian Revolution
Luxemburg is not advancing a liberal, idealist moral concern—instead, she is advancing a material, practical concern about the development of scientific socialism. She emphasizes that socialism is best developed by proletarian improvisation, experimentation, and iteration; but this requires freedoms which the Bolshevik party was not extending to the Russian people.

Jul 27
Jul 27 Addendum: Tariffs, and Regions Favoring their own Capitalists

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capitalism, Marxism, Luxemburg on Monopolies, stray thoughts

Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies, a stray thought about tariffs and international competition.

Jul 1
Jul 1 Summary + Marxist Analysis of Market “Disruption”

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capitalism, synthesis, summary, Marxism, Luxemburg on Monopolies

Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 4

Jul 1
Jul 1 Monopolies Before the Crisis: Monopolies Fetter Economic Efficiency

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Luxemburg on Monopolies, capitalism, Marxism, stray thoughts

Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 3

Jul 1
Jul 1 Bourgeois vs Marxist Analyses: the Downfall of the Mid-1900s Monopolies

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Luxemburg on Monopolies, capitalism, Marxism, criticism

Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 2

Jul 1
Jul 1 So Do Conglomerates Inevitably Fall Apart, Or What?

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capitalism, criticism, Marxism, summary, Luxemburg on Monopolies

Thinking about Luxemburg’s analysis of monopolies - Part 1

Nov 2
Nov 2 Rosa Luxemburg, the 2008 Crisis, & the Marxist Approach to Economics as a Science

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analytic, capitalism, criticism, leftism, Marxism, stray thoughts, Luxemburg on Monopolies

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.