Tag Archives: capitalism

Alan Freeman: Investing in Civilization

Posted on September 2, 2013 by kapitalism101

  This is a lecture that Marxist economist Alana Freeman gave in China in 2012 on the topic of the Creative Industries. (It’s a practice talk Alan gave in his hotel the day before his actual presentation.) While the talk … Continue reading →

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Law of Value 9: Abstract Labor

Posted on August 23, 2012 by kapitalism101

UPDATE: I can no longer recommend the presentation on Abstract Labor in this video. My thoughts on Abstract Labor have evolved since making this video, as can be seen in more  recent posts on the subject. Therefore I do not … Continue reading →

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Law of Value 9: Abstract Labor, draft (parts A and B)

Posted on January 7, 2012 by kapitalism101

This is draft of my script for Abstract Labor, the 9th video in my Law of Value series. I always appreciate the comments, suggestions and criticism on these drafts. They really help me focus the scripts. This video has a … Continue reading →

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Network for the Circulation of Theoretical Struggles

Posted on December 6, 2011 by kapitalism101

There is a new website in town. Now, perhaps you are already maxed-out on new websites, but I would urge regular readers to consider paying a bit of attention to this new site as it is a bit unique. The … Continue reading →

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further draft of subject-object

Posted on October 24, 2011 by kapitalism101

Perhaps it borders on narcissism to think that the world is interested in following the successive redrafting of the scripts to my videos. But I suppose there are worse things to clutter the internet with. I do always find feedback … Continue reading →

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Part 2 of my interview on Diet Soap

Posted on October 12, 2011 by kapitalism101

Part 2 of My interview on Diet Soap has now been posted.  

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DietSoap Interview on Harvey-Kliman-Wolff

Posted on September 26, 2011 by kapitalism101

Last week  I did another interview with Doug Lain of Diet Soap. We talked about three different Marxist crisis theorists: David Harvey, Andrew Kliman and Rick Wolff.    

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Left Forum panels from Marxist-Humanist Initiative

Posted on April 12, 2011 by kapitalism101

I recently enjoyed watching these videos of some Left Forum panels sponsored by the Marxist-Humanist Initiative. Is Socialism Possible? Shockingly the answer is “yes”. This actually two panels featuring quite a variety of speakers including Michael Albert, Andrew Kliman, Anne … Continue reading →

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Kapital vol 3; Chapter 14. Counteracting Influences

Posted on November 30, 2010 by kapitalism101

Capital Vol. III Part III: The Law of the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall Chapter 14. Counteracting Influences (This post is part of an ongoing project: a close reading of volume 3 of Kapital, one post per … Continue reading →

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The Tendency of the Mass of Crisis Theory to Rise

Posted on November 2, 2010 by kapitalism101

This is my first draft of my paper for “The Economic Crisis and the Left Response” which is taking place in New York this coming weekend (11-6-10). “First draft?” you ask, “Isn’t that happening in just 4 days?” Yes, I … Continue reading →

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