Tag Archives: crisis

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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The Enigma of the Enigma- my critique of David Harvey for the Left Forum

Posted on March 10, 2012 by kapitalism101

see the more recent, and far superior, draft here.   The Left Forum is next weekend at Pace University in NYC. I’m speaking on two panels on Sunday: David Harvey and Capitalist Accumulation; and a roundtable on Andrew Kliman’s new … Continue reading →

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The Failure of Capitalist Production- Interview With Andrew Kliman

Posted on February 9, 2012 by kapitalism101

  In late January of 2012 I interviewed Andrew Kliman about his new book on the economic crisis, “The Failure of Capitalist Production.” I am still working on getting a good method of recording Skype interviews so the audio is … 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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Bukharin on the Subjective/Objective Value debate

Posted on August 18, 2011 by kapitalism101

Thoughts on Bukharin’s “Economic Theory of the Leisure Class”, opening chapters… My preparations for “Law of Value 8: subject/object” which is to attempt to make sense of the debate over whether value is subjective or objective have led me to … Continue reading →

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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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Interview on Dietsoap

Posted on March 24, 2011 by kapitalism101

In a wide-ranging interview on dietsoap.com I discussed with host Doug Lain a variety of subjects including value theory, crisis theory, communism, marx’s method and information technology. It was a fun interview. I hope I was somewhat articulate on these … 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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