Link to a review of the Paul Mason book Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future (2015) by Jacob Hjortsberg:
Tag: Economics
Jon Ronson – Amber Waves of Green
Link to an article by Jon Ronson:
Derek Seidman – Dismantling the Low-Wage Economy
Link to an article by Derek Seidman:
Jonah Walters – A Guide to Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath
Link to an article by Jonah Walters:
“A Guide to Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath”
Bonus links: “How The Free Market Killed New Orleans” and “Gentrification’s Ground Zero” and “Disaster Capitalism in Post Katrina New Orleans”
Michael Hudson – Whitewashing the IMF’s Destructive Role in Greece
Alan Nasser – The Myth of the Middle Class
Link to an article by Alan Nasser:
“The Myth of the Middle Class: Have Most Americans Always Been Poor?”
Stathis Kouvelakis – After Syriza
Link to a translation of an interview with Stathis Kouvelakis by Thomas Lemahieu:
Matt Bruenig – Libertarianism’s Battle With History
Link to an article by Matt Bruenig:
“Libertarianism’s Battle With History”
Selected Quote:
“as much as market fanatics tried, they never could succeed in casting the economy as something separate from or above social order. Instead, what we saw (and what we see in developing countries today) is a constant rhythm of a double movement. In the first move, market mechanisms expand into new areas of social life, and in the second move, people fight to check this movement insofar as it is utterly ruinous to the functioning of a human society.”
Polanyi offers a much less robust (and more academic) analysis than Veblen or Bourdieu.
Staughton Lynd – Anarchism, Marxism and Victor Serge
Link to a book review by Staughton Lynd:
Alex Gourevitch – Our Forgotten Labor Revolution
Link to an article by Alex Gourevitch: